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There are 25 total results for your Achilles search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

アキレス

see styles
 akiresu
    アキレス

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Achilles
(noun - becomes adjective with の) Achilles; (c,s) Achilles

阿喀琉斯

see styles
ā kā liú sī
    a1 ka1 liu2 si1
a k`a liu ssu
    a ka liu ssu

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Achilles
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

死穴

see styles
sǐ xué
    si3 xue2
ssu hsüeh
lethal point (acupuncture); vulnerable spot; Achilles' heel

罩門


罩门

see styles
zhào mén
    zhao4 men2
chao men
Achilles' heel; chink in the armor

跟腱

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gēn jiàn
    gen1 jian4
ken chien
heel tendon of mammals; Achilles tendon

鬼門


鬼门

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guǐ mén
    gui3 men2
kuei men
 kimon
    きもん
(1) the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate; (2) weak point; Achilles' heel; (surname) Onimon
The north-east corner of a house, or of a city-gate enceinte, through which the spirits can come and go.

泣き処

see styles
 nakidokoro
    なきどころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

泣き所

see styles
 nakidokoro
    なきどころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

致命傷


致命伤

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zhì mìng shāng
    zhi4 ming4 shang1
chih ming shang
 chimeishou / chimesho
    ちめいしょう
mortal wound; (fig.) fatal weakness; Achilles' heel
fatal wound

觀釁伺隙


观衅伺隙

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guān xìn sì xì
    guan1 xin4 si4 xi4
kuan hsin ssu hsi
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points; to look for the Achilles' heel

阿奇里斯

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ā qí lǐ sī
    a1 qi2 li3 si1
a ch`i li ssu
    a chi li ssu
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

アキレウス

see styles
 akireusu
    アキレウス
(personal name) Achilles

アキレス腱

see styles
 akiresuken
    アキレスけん
(1) {anat} Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; (2) Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

泣きどころ

see styles
 nakidokoro
    なきどころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

アカツキハギ

see styles
 akatsukihagi
    アカツキハギ
Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

アキレスタン

see styles
 akiresutan
    アキレスタン
Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

アキレス腱炎

see styles
 akiresukenen
    アキレスけんえん
{med} Achilles tendonitis; Achilles tendinitis

弁慶の泣き所

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 benkeinonakidokoro / benkenonakidokoro
    べんけいのなきどころ
(exp,n) (idiom) Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin

アキレスの論証

see styles
 akiresunoronshou / akiresunoronsho
    アキレスのろんしょう
(See ゼノンの逆説) Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes)

アキレス腱反射

see styles
 akiresukenhansha
    アキレスけんはんしゃ
Achilles tendon reflex

アキレス足利工場

see styles
 akiresuashikagakoujou / akiresuashikagakojo
    アキレスあしかがこうじょう
(place-name) Achilles Ashikaga Factory

Variations:
アキレス
アキレウス

see styles
 akiresu; akireusu
    アキレス; アキレウス
{grmyth} Achilles

Variations:
アカツキハギ
アキレスタン

see styles
 akatsukihagi; akiresutan
    アカツキハギ; アキレスタン
Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

Variations:
泣き所
泣き処
泣きどころ

see styles
 nakidokoro
    なきどころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

Variations:
泣き所
泣きどころ
泣き処(rK)

see styles
 nakidokoro
    なきどころ
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 25 results for "Achilles" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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