Yán wáng yé

Traditional: 閻王爺

阎王爷 (Yán wáng yé) is a Chinese word meaning “(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell”.

Meanings

  1. 1(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

Characters in 阎王爷

阎yán · (literary) the gate of a lane王wáng · king or monarch爷yé · grandpa

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