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Noun: Kwan-yin  'kwón'yin
  1. (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called the Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
    - Guanyin, Kuan Yin

Type of: Chinese deity

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