黑白無常
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- (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
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1–2–2–2 · Hei1 Bai2 Wu2 chang2
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hak1 baak6 mou4 soeng4
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- (religion) Heibai Wuchang; Black and White Impermanence (two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)
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