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月下老人

yuè xià lǎo rén

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yuè xià lǎo rén
  1. 1.minor divinity concerned with marriage
  2. 2.matchmaker
  3. 3.go-between

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Yue Lao; god of marriage
  2. 2.matchmaker; go-between

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Etymology

From a short story《定婚店》in Li Fuyan's 《續玄怪錄》Volume IV, circa 9ᵗʰ century. See English Wikipedia entry for the details.

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