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三尸
sān​shī

the Three Corpses

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三尸 sān​shī
the Three Corpses
(Taoist mythology) the three malevolent spirits or parasites believed to live inside a person's body and report their sins to heaven. Also written as 三彭 sān​péng or 三尸神 sān​shī​shén.

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Variant of

  • 三彭 sān​péng
  • 三尸神 sān​shī​shén
  • 三神 sān​shén