I'd been walking around like what the Buddhists call a hungry ghost: always focused on the bite that was yet to come, not the one in my mouth.

我就像佛教徒所说的“饿鬼”一样四处游荡：总是专注于即将到来的一咬，而不是嘴里的那一口。

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And, the Hungry ghost Festival occurs during ghost month (the seventh month of the Chinese calendar) when spirits are believed to emerge from the lower realm.

而在而在鬼月(也就是农历的七月)的饿鬼节，人们认为鬼魂会从地下世界来到阳界。

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For an entire month in the summer, the city observes the Hungry Ghost Festival, where spirits are believed to visit the city and need to be fed and entertained.

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It is said that if the wronged receive anything less than a proper burial, their spirit will almost certainly come back as a Hungry Ghost, damned to starve in the afterlife, feeding only on their hatred.

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