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魍魎鬼怪

简魍魉鬼怪 · 繁魍魎鬼怪

Mandarin · pinyin wǎng liǎng guǐ guài

malevolent spirits

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魍: wǎng · demons, mountain spirits
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鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
怪: guài · strange, unusual, peculiar
魉: liǎng · a kind of monster

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3–3–3–4 · wang3 liang3 gui3 guai4

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mong5 loeng5 gwai2 gwaai3

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