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Sphinx

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Sphinx /ˈsfɪŋks/ nghĩa là Nhân sư

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  1. Nhân sư

    An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.

    Really smart, that Sphinx!

    The Sphinx howled with rage.

    The Sphinx began to walk around him.

  2. Nhân sư

    One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.

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