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见阎王

jiàn Yán wáng

3-character word Traditional 見閻王

What 见阎王 means

1. colloquialto meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die

The characters in 见阎王

• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

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