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土地公

Mandarin · pinyin Tǔ dì Gōng

Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke

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3–4–1 · Tu3 di4 Gong1

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tou2 dei6 gung1

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(religion) Tudigong (a male deity of the soil and the ground in Chinese folk religion)

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