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孟婆

Mandarin · pinyin Mèng pó

(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind

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孟: mèng · first in series; great, eminent
婆: pó · old woman; grandmother

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4–2 · Meng4 po2

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(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, a wind god in ancient southern China
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, the Lady of Forgetfulness who guards the entrance to hell; perhaps anthropomorphised from the above

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