hungry ghost with flaming mouth
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 1 examplesnoun
hungry ghost (preta) with flames issuing from the mouth
technicalStandard reading variant where the second syllable retains its original third tone rather than becoming neutral.
Fó佛
jiào教
jīng经
diǎn典
miáo描
shù述
yàn焰
kǒu口
guǐ鬼
yīn因
lìn吝
sè啬
tān贪
lán婪
ér而
shòu受
bào报
ying应
。
Buddhist scriptures describe how hungry ghosts with flaming mouths suffer retribution for their stinginess and greed.