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阎王

閻王
Yán wang
HSK 7freq #27587

Meanings

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Yán wang
  1. 1.(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
  2. 2.(fig.) cruel and tyrannical person

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.synonym of 閻羅 /阎罗 (Yánluó, “Yama (god of the underworld)”)
  2. 2.ferocious or strict person; tyrant

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Etymology

Partial calque of Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja).

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Stroke order

Components

阎门臽
王㇐土

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Characters

阎王

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Synonyms

閻羅 /阎罗閻羅閻羅王閻王爺閻君閻王爺爺閻王老爺閻王老子閻王五爹閻王老二閻老王閻羅皇閻王菩薩閻王老子爺閻流王閻頭王閻王爺兒閻爺閻龍王閻君爺閻羅爺鬼皇閻洛王閻羅大王

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Derived terms

十殿閻王十殿阎王活閻王活阎王見閻王见阎王閻王債阎王债閻王叫你三更死，誰敢留人到五更 / 阎王叫你三更死，谁敢留人到五更閻王好見，小鬼難當阎王好见，小鬼难当閻王帳阎王帐閻王星阎王星閻王殿阎王殿閻王殿大罷工──冇鬼用阎王殿大罢工──冇鬼用閻王爺阎王爷閻王老子阎王老子閻王賬阎王账

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Related words

见阎王 (coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die阎王殿 Yama's palace阎王爷 (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell阎王好见，小鬼难当 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)