hungry ghost
Definitions
A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.
Equivalents
Examples
“Across Taiwan, households prepared offerings of food, alcohol, candles, flowers, washbowls and towels, in prayer for their ancestors and gods, and to placate the hungry ghosts. The streets filled will smoke⟳ as they burned paper money – gold for the gods and silver for the ghosts – in small metal drums.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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