饿鬼

Mandarin

simpl. 饿
trad. 餓鬼

Noun

饿鬼 (simplified, Pinyin èguǐ, traditional 餓鬼)

  1. (Buddhism) hungry ghost; one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology
  2. the spirit of a jealous or greedy person who, as punishment for mortal vices, has been cursed with an insatiable hunger

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