Yán lǎo

Traditional: 閻老

阎老 (Yán lǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 阎老

阎yán · (literary) the gate of a lane老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

Related words

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