去heoi3閻jim4羅lo4王wong4處syu3報bou3到dou3

English

1. a euphemism for death; literally: to go to where Yama King (the King of Hell) is and check in. In Chinese mythology, souls of the dead would be judged in the underworld by an entity called as 'Yama King' and to check in at his place by extension implies death.

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 死亡嘅婉辭；華夏文化入邊相傳人死咗之後會落地府受審，而閻羅王就係嗰個判官，去閻羅王嗰度報到即係死咗咁解

Examples

• 佢頭先過馬路唔睇車，爭啲要去閻羅王處報到。

  He didn't pay attention to the traffic just now and nearly got sent directly to the underworld.