生死簿

生死簿

Literally means:

of life and death

Actually means:

簿 refers to book. It's superstitiously said that God of Death keeps a book called "生死簿 book of life and death" which records the time of every human book recording people's deaths or bad deeds.

It can also mean the power of controlling people's life and death.

簿，本子。按迷信的说法，阎罗王手中有一个本子叫生死簿，专门记载每个人生死的具体时间。

比喻记载人员死亡情况的本子，或记载坏人坏事的本子。也比喻掌握决定是生是死的大权。作宾语、主语。