夏娃 (Xiàwá) · Eve (the first woman in the Bible)

Meanings

1 Eve (the first woman in the Bible)

About Eve

The first woman in the Bible's Genesis, made from Adam's rib; she eats the forbidden fruit and the couple are sent out of Eden. Protestant Bibles and everyday Chinese call her 夏娃; Catholic Bibles write 厄娃.

Also called 厄娃

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

根据圣经，夏娃是上帝创造的第一个女人。

Gēnjù Shèngjīng, Xiàwá shì Shàngdì chuàngzào de dìyī gè nǚrén.

According to the Bible, Eve was the first woman created by God.

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usage

The fruit she ate is 禁果 'forbidden fruit', and the word doubles as a euphemism for premarital sex, as in 偷尝禁果, 'to secretly taste the forbidden fruit'.