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Ca' Rezzonico - Il vaso di Pandora (Inv.70) - Pietro della Vecchia
By
Didier Descouens
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Louise De Hem - 1910 - Pandora's Box
By
Louise De Hem
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Pandora and Temptation
By
Walter Crane (1845-1915)
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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潘多拉

Pānduōlā
proper noun #16,284

Meanings

  1. 1 Pandora

About Pandora

神话人物 mythical figure

In Greek myth, the first woman, made by the gods and given a jar she was told never to open; when she opened it, evils escaped into the world. Chinese says 潘多拉魔盒 for Pandora's box.

Examples

HSK 4
Tā dǎkāi le Pānduōlā de hézi.
He opened Pandora's box.
HSK 7-9
Zhè jiàn shì jiù xiàng dǎkāi le Pānduōlā móhé yíyàng.
This matter is like opening Pandora's box.

Tips

culture
Also written 潘朵拉. The 'box' is a slip: Hesiod's Greek has a pithos, a large storage jar, which Erasmus turned into a pyxis, 'box', in 1508. When she shut the lid, only 希望 'hope' stayed inside.

Stroke Order

潘 Pān
多 duō
拉 lā