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  *鬼* | 鬼* | *鬼
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
HSK 5
drunkard
HSK 5
to make mischief / to play tricks
HSK 7-9
devil
HSK 7-9
haunted house
coward
evil spirit / sneaky / secretive
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
drunkard
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
ghost story
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
supernatural beings
evil spirit / devil
haunted
hobgoblin / bogey / phantom
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
creative genius
wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
the gates of hell
demon; evil spirit
ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game)
malicious spirit; devil
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor
ghost
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
to play tricks; to cause mischief
nonsense / humbug / bunk / bullshit
to be obsessed / to be possessed
to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
scapegoat / fall guy
what the hell; preposterous
disgusting person / slob
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
miser / penny-pincher
(derog.) tubercular person; a consumptive
to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience
miser; penny-pincher
heavy smoker / chain smoker
Joker (playing card)
sneaky / furtive
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
reckless person / hothead
foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
lecher / pervert
dirty trick / monkey business
sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost
traitor / collaborator with the enemy
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
(idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive
glutton; greedy pig
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern
to stir up trouble in secret / to instigate
to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
gambling addict
(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip
lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too / an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
mischievous fellow; rascal
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom) / sly / crafty / malicious
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
to suspect everyone / overly suspicious
lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
treacherous person / evil spirit
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
sinister design / ulterior motive
(coll.) sleep paralysis
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
(idiom) muddled; momentarily confused
unable to restrain oneself / pulling and tugging at each other
ghost town
mole / spy / rat / traitor
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
demons and ghosts / ghouls and bogies
ghost movie
glutton / chowhound
troublemaker
Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
top secret / hush-hush
foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner
lazybones / idle bum

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