饿鬼 èguǐ hungry ghost Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 饿鬼 餓鬼 èguǐ hungry ghost (Buddhism) a being in one of the lower realms of existence condemned to perpetual starvation because of past bad deeds glutton a greedy eater or someone who devours food as if starving ghoul an evil spirit; a devil greedy person a person with insatiable desires, especially for wealth or sex Frequency Written text 0.249 per million Cross-References Same as 薜荔 bìlì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
饿鬼 餓鬼 èguǐ hungry ghost (Buddhism) a being in one of the lower realms of existence condemned to perpetual starvation because of past bad deeds glutton a greedy eater or someone who devours food as if starving ghoul an evil spirit; a devil greedy person a person with insatiable desires, especially for wealth or sex Frequency Written text 0.249 per million Cross-References Same as 薜荔 bìlì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
