hungry ghost
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hungry ghost
noun hungry ghosts
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A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.
Across Taiwan, households prepared offerings of food, alcohol, candles, flowers, washbowls and towels, in prayer for their ancestors and gods, and to placate the hungry ghosts. The streets filled will smoke as they burned paper money – gold for the gods and silver for the ghosts – in small metal dru
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noun in Buddhism, a type of supernatural being
| 한국어 | 아귀 agwi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 餓鬼 gaki |
| 中文 | 餓鬼 /饿鬼 èguǐ |
| Português | espírito faminto |
| Deutsch | Hungergeist |
| Русский | преты prety |
| Tiếng Việt | ma đói, ngạ quỷ |
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title = {hungry ghost},
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