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Glossary for words and expressions

  Hello readers! :)

  This thread was made for you to read before you begin to read my story. It will explain the time measurements I will be using as well as different sayings in the story.

  This will only contain spoilers of prologue, where it says prologue further down. If you haven't read the prologue, read it before reading about the glossary from he prologue.

  Time measurements:

  Breath: 1 second

  An Incense: 5 minutes

  A cup of tea: 10 minutes

  1 quarter hour: 30 minutes/3 cups of tea

  1 hour: 60 minutes/2 quarter hours

  1 day: 24 hours

  1 week: 6 days

  1 month: 5 weeks

  Half a lunar cycle: 6 months

  A lunar cycle: 12 months/two half lunar cycles

  Expressions:

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  This list will be automatically filled in by me as the story unfolds.

  Prologue:

  (Sky) Heaven: Residence of Pan and his emperors

  (Earth) Hell: Residence of Yama and his kings

  (Lands) World: Residence of humankind and animals

  Pangu: Creator of the world

  Pan: God and descendant of Pangu

  Yama: King and descendant of Pangu

  Samsara: The cycle of birth, life and death – the cycle of reincarnation

  Yin energy: feminine

  Yang energy: masculine

  Formless energy: neither feminine or masculine

  Tao: path/way/heart's path

  (P.s. I love potatoes.)

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