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食屍鬼

简食尸鬼 · 繁食屍鬼

Mandarin · pinyin shí shī guǐ

ghoul

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
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鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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2–1–3 · shi2 shi1 gui3

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