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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
devil
HSK 7-9
to make mischief / to play tricks
HSK 7-9
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
evil spirit / sneaky / secretive
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
mole / spy / rat / traitor
supernatural beings
hobgoblin / bogey / phantom
ghost movie
ghost
haunted
evil spirit / devil
will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
malicious spirit; devil
ghost town
wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask
to be obsessed / to be possessed
creative genius
to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
demon; evil spirit
demons and ghosts / ghouls and bogies
devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip
lecher / pervert
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive
the gates of hell
sneaky / secretive / furtive
sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
to play tricks; to cause mischief
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
to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to engage in hocus-pocus
heavy smoker / chain smoker
gambling addict
treacherous person / evil spirit
haunted house
what the hell; preposterous
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
sinister design / ulterior motive
drunkard
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
lazybones / idle bum
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
glutton; greedy pig
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
sneaky / furtive
scapegoat / fall guy
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game)
reggae (loanword)
foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
false hero (who pretends to be 李逵); a fake
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
top secret / hush-hush
(coll.) rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
ghoul
selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
disgusting person / slob
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
glutton / chowhound
foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner
to exorcise / to drive out evil spirits
Joker (playing card)
sb who dies prematurely
nonsense / humbug / bunk / bullshit
sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick
traitor / collaborator with the enemy
reckless person / hothead
miser; penny-pincher
to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience
crybaby
gargoyle / grotesque
coward
unlicensed street vendor
full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom) / sly / crafty / malicious
demon
Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
in absolute secrecy
detestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厭|神憎鬼厌)
mischievous fellow; rascal
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
downcast wretch / bad-tempered and unpleasant person
miser / penny-pincher

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