joss
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(noun) a Chinese idol or cult image / (noun) a Chinese temple or shrine / (noun) a slender stick of incense burned in front of a joss
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joss
Like the lady at the front of the Cathay mortuary who is burning paper—joss paper, otherworld paper money, paper clothing, paper replicas of cars, televisions, houses, servants, everything going up in symbolic smoke to send along with Dad in the next world.
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1 year ago
Autumn is waning, and the trees in the park outside are giving up their leaves like joss paper
'joss paper' means incense paper basically
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1 year, 3 months ago