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放焰口
fàng​yàn​kǒu

to feed hungry ghosts

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
放焰口 fàng//yàn​kǒu
to feed hungry ghosts
to chant Buddhist sutras for the dead and offer food to hungry ghosts to ease their suffering

Frequency

Written text
0.009 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 施食 shī​shí
  • 焰口 yàn​kǒu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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