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阎王

Yán wang

2-character word Traditional 閻王

What 阎王 means

1. BuddhismYama, the King of Hell
2. (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person

The characters in 阎王

• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

Words starting with 阎王

• 阎王殿Yán wáng diànYama's palace
• 阎王爷Yán wáng yé(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
• 阎王好见，小鬼难当Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dānglit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to…

Words containing 阎王

• 见阎王jiàn Yán wáng(colloquial) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die