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廟祝公

miu6 zuk1 gung1

temple incense warden; one whose responsibilty is to keep incense burning at a temple | also 廟祝

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

廟祝公

This word was added by bybell on 16th Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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廟 miu6 miu6*2 miao4 - temple; shrine
祝 zuk1 zhu4 - to pray for blessings
公 gung1 gong1 - public; grandfather; unselfish

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