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expiate the sins of the dead; redeem lost souls from hell by chanting sutras and making offerings; transgression

chāo dù

超 度

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v.expiate the sins of the dead; redeem lost souls from hell by chanting sutras and making offerings; transgression
- zài zàng qū chū jiā rén rú guǒ méi yǒu jiā rén tā jiù kào gěi rén niàn jīng huò chāo dù wáng hún guò huó
  在藏区，出家人如果没有家人，他就靠给人念经或超度亡魂过活。
  In Tibetan area, if monks has no relatives, he has to support himself by reading Sutra for the people, or releasing the spirit of the death.
- chāo dù wáng líng
  超度亡灵
  save the souls of the deceased from hell

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