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Clipping 閻魔羅闍 (MC yem ma la dzyae, “Yama”), borrowed from Sanskrit यमराज (yamarāja, “Yama”).
閻羅
- (~王) (Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese mythology) Yama (god of the underworld)
Dialectal synonyms of
閻王 (“Yama”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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閻王, 閻羅, 閻羅王
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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閻王, 閻王爺, 閻羅, 閻羅王, 閻君
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Chengde
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閻王爺
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Chifeng
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閻王爺
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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閻王爺
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Heihe
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Qiqihar
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閻王爺
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Harbin
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Jiamusi
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閻王爺
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Baicheng
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Changchun
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閻王爺
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Tonghua
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閻王爺
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Shenyang
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Jinzhou
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Singapore
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閻羅王
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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閻王爺
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Tangshan
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Cangzhou
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閻王爺
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Baoding
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Shijiazhuang
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閻王爺
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Lijin
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閻王, 閻王爺爺
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Jinan
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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閻王爺
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Dandong
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Yantai
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閻王
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Yantai (Muping)
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Qingdao
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閻王爺
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Zhucheng
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閻王, 閻王爺爺
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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閻王
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Lingbao
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閻王爺
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Jining
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閻王爺
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Linfen
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閻王爺
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Shangqiu
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Yuanyang
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閻王
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Zhengzhou
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閻王爺
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Xinyang
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閻王爺
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Baihe
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Xi'an
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Baoji
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Tianshui
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閻王爺
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Xining
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Xuzhou
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閻王老爺, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子
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Fuyang
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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閻王爺
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Lanzhou
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Dunhuang
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閻王爺
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Hami
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Ürümqi
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閻王爺
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Nanchong
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閻王, 閻王老爺
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Dazhou
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閻王老爺
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Hanyuan
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閻王老爺
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Xichang
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閻王
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Zigong
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閻王
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Chongqing
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閻王
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Wuhan
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Yichang
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Xiangyang
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Tianmen
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閻王, 閻王五爹
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Guiyang
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Zunyi
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閻王
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Bijie
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閻王
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Liping
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閻王, 閻王老子
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Zhaotong
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閻王, 閻王老二
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Dali
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閻老王
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Kunming
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Mengzi
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閻王老爺
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Guilin
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閻王
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Liuzhou
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閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老子
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Nanning (Fujian)
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閻羅皇
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Nanning (Wuming)
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閻羅王
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Hechi (Yizhou)
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閻羅王, 閻王, 閻王爺
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Luocheng (Dongmen)
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閻王, 閻羅王
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Tianlin (Langping)
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閻王
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Jishou
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閻王
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Changde
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閻王老爺
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Yongzhou
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閻王菩薩
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Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
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閻王爺
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Hanzhong
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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閻老王
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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閻老王
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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閻老王
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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閻王爺
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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閻王, 閻王爺, 閻王老爺
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Yangzhou
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閻王, 閻王老爺
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Lianyungang
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閻王, 閻王老爺
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Lianshui
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閻王老爺
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Nantong
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閻王, 閻王老爺
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Anqing
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閻王
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Wuhu
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閻王
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Hefei
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閻王
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Hong'an
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閻王老子, 閻王老子爺
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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閻羅王, 閻流王
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Hong Kong
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閻羅王
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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閻流王
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Macau
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閻流王
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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閻頭王
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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閻流王
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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閻羅王
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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閻流王
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Foshan
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閻流王
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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閻流王
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Foshan (Shunde)
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閻流王
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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閻流王
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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閻流王
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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閻流王
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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閻流王
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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閻流王
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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閻流王
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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閻流王
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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閻羅王
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Taishan
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閻羅王
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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閻羅王
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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閻羅王
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Enping (Niujiang)
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閻羅王
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Heshan (Yayao)
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閻王
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Dongguan
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閻羅王, 閻流王
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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閻流王
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Wuzhou
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閻羅王, 閻王
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Yulin
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閻王
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Baise
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閻羅王, 閻王爺
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Qinzhou
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閻羅王
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Gan
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Nanchang
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閻王
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Pengze
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閻王
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Yanshan (Hekou)
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閻王
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Lichuan
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閻王
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Pingxiang
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閻王
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Hakka
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Meixian
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閻王
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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閻頭王
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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閻羅王
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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閻羅王
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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閻王
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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閻羅王
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Yudu
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閻王
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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閻羅王
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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閻羅王
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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閻羅王
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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閻羅王
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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閻羅王
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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閻羅王
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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閻王
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Shexian
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閻王
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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閻王爺
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Yangyuan
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閻王, 閻王爺, 閻君
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Datong
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閻王爺
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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閻王爺
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Xinzhou
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閻王爺
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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閻王, 閻王爺兒
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Changzhi
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閻爺, 閻王爺
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Linhe
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閻王
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Jining
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閻王爺
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Hohhot
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Erenhot
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Pingshan
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Zhangjiakou
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Handan
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閻王, 閻王爺
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Linzhou
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閻王爺
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Suide
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閻王
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Jiuxing Yumin
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Jiande
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閻龍王
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Jinhua
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閻龍王
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Lanxi
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閻龍王
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Tunxi
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閻羅王
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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閻羅王
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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閻羅王, 閻王
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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閻羅王, 閻君爺
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Quanzhou
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閻羅王
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Zhangzhou
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閻羅王
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Taipei (Wanhua)
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閻羅王
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Kaohsiung
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閻羅王
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Yilan
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閻羅王
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Changhua (Lukang)
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閻羅王
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Taichung
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閻羅王
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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閻羅王
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Tainan
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閻羅王
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Taitung
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閻羅
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Hsinchu
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閻羅王
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Penghu (Magong)
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閻羅爺
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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閻羅王
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Shantou
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閻羅王
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Haikou
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閻羅王
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Puxian Min
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Xianyou
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閻公
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Central Min
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Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
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閻王
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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閻流王
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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閻羅王
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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閻龍王
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dongbianzhou)
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閻王
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Wu
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Shanghai
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閻羅王, 閻王
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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閻羅王
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Suzhou
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閻洛王
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Danyang
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閻王
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Hangzhou
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閻羅王
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Hangzhou (Fuyang)
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閻羅王
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Ningbo
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閻羅大王
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Wenzhou
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閻羅王
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Jinhua
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閻龍王
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Xiang
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Changsha
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閻王
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Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)
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閻王
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Loudi
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閻王
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Hengshan
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閻王老子
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Hengshan (Baiguo)
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閻王老子
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Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)
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閻王
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閻羅
- (figurative) ferocious or cruel person; tyrant