斯芬克斯

Sīfēnkèsī
noun #29,208

Meanings

  1. 1 sphinx (mythological creature)

Examples

Sīfēnkèsī shì gǔ Xīlà shénhuà zhōng de yī zhǒng guàiwù.
The sphinx is a monster in ancient Greek mythology.
Āijí zhùmíng de Sīfēnkèsī diāoxiàng yǐ yǒu jǐ qiān nián de lìshǐ.
Egypt's famous Sphinx statue is several thousand years old.

Tips

culture
The sphinx appears in both Egyptian and Greek traditions. In Greek myth, the Sphinx asked travelers a riddle and devoured those who answered incorrectly. Oedipus famously solved the riddle, causing the Sphinx to destroy herself.

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