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阎王
閻王
Yán
wang
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
(fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
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buddhism
Entry Composition
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阎
Yán
surname Yan (sometimes written
闫
Yán
in recent years)
=2
王
wáng
king or monarch
best or strongest of its type
grand
great
=2
王
wàng
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)