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餓鬼

简饿鬼 · 繁餓鬼

Mandarin · pinyin è guǐ

sb who is always hungry
glutton
(Buddhism) hungry ghost

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餓: Look up this written character
鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger

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4–3 · e4 gui3

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noun

hungry person
glutton; gourmand
(derogatory) pig
(Buddhism) hungry ghost (one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology)

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