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阎魔

Yán mó

2-character word Traditional 閻魔

What 阎魔 means

1. BuddhismYama, the King of Hell

The characters in 阎魔

• 阎yán(literary) the gate of a lane
• 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical

Sounds the same

Read Yán mó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 研磨milling; to grind; to polish by grinding

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