Definition & Meaning

1.an assistant to the chief local magistrate (in the Tang and Song dynasties)

2.the official in hell who is in charge of the life-and-death register (in Chinese superstitious legends)

pàn guān

判 官

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1
n.datedan assistant to the chief local magistrate (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
- táng dài yǒu pàn guān yī zhí
  唐代有判官一职。
  In the Tang Dynasty, there was the official position of judge.
2
n.the official in hell who is in charge of the life-and-death register (in Chinese superstitious legends)
- yán wang pàn guān
  阎王判官
  Yama judge

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