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破地獄

po3 dei6 juk6

[佛] break open the gates of hell by chants and incantations for the release of a departed spirit

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

破地獄

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Aug 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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破 po3 po4 pi4 - to break; ruined; destroyed
地 dei6 dei6*2 dei2 di4 de5 de1 - earth; land; soil
獄 juk6 yu4 - [1] [n] prison; jail [2] [n] case ; lawsuit

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