"Pestilence" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wēn yì plague / pestilence
 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
 wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster
 wēn shén demon personifying pestilence
 wǔ wēn five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
 wǔ wēn shén five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / cf four horsemen of the apocalypse
 wǔ guǐ five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
 qī mask of a god used in ceremonies to exorcise demons and drive away pestilence / (archaic) ugly
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