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阎王

Yán wáng
HSK 7

English Meaning

(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
连阎王都不会收你
HSK 7 00:02
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你作恶多端

“You've committed too many evils.”

“Not even the Grim Reaper would take you.”

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你休想再

“You will never”

《御赐小仵作》 · crisis_and_conflict
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连阎王也不会收我
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Death won't take me, so I am condemned to endless suffering.”

1. PREVIOUS

可为何楚河说

“Then why did Chu He say”

“that even the Grim Reaper wouldn't take me?”

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我殚精竭虑夹缝求生

“I've exhausted every effort just to survive.”

《御赐小仵作》 · crisis_and_conflict
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真是阎王要收了我
HSK 7 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Stop fussing over me; if it is my time to die, no amount of medicine or tossing and turning will save me.”

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一会儿躺

“sit up again.”

“If Death has marked my name,”

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怎么折腾也是枉然

“no remedies will spare me.”

《良陈美锦》 · hospital_and_health
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