鬼
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to make mischief
coward
drunkard
devil
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
traitor
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
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
mischievous fellow; rascal
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
to play tricks
to pull a face
mole
reckless person
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
see 斷魂椒|断魂椒[duàn hún jiāo]
malicious spirit; devil
ghost of a person who died by hanging
miser
leech
downcast wretch
demons and ghosts
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom)
miser
dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
little demon (term of endearment for a child)
to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
to have secret motives
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
evil spirit
crybaby
lazybones
troublemaker
to play tricks; to cause mischief
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
scapegoat
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
false hero (who pretends to be 李逵[lǐ kuí]); a fake
foreign devil
foreign devil
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously)
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
see 洋鬼子[yáng guǐ zi]
foreign devil
what the hell; preposterous
lecherous devil
heavy smoker
evil monsters
foxes, ghosts and immortals
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
to suspect everyone
(derog.) tubercular person; a consumptive
\white ghost\, derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)
(botany) common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
sb who dies prematurely
gargoyle
top secret
lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
(idiom) despicable; loathsome
Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
public nuisance
heavy smoker
lecher
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom)
(fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations
absurd
disgusting person
glutton
gambling addict
unlicensed street vendor
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首[jí shǒu]
drunkard
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
reggae (loanword)
ghoul
sb who is always hungry
glutton; greedy pig
to exorcise
haunted
foreigner (Cantonese)
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
(coll.) to holler
dirty trick
to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
(coll.) sleep paralysis
see 鬼壓床|鬼压床[guǐ yā chuáng]
awful weather
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
devils
haunted house
lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
hobgoblin
who would believe it!
nonsense
unable to restrain oneself
sinister plot
muddled
ghost story
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
haunted house
to hang around
will-o'-the-wisp
(dialect) flaming mad
Joker (playing card)
devils are born in the heart (idiom)
undecipherable handwriting
supernatural beings
evil spirit
sinister design
wry face
treacherous person
full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
lie
to tell one lie after another (idiom)
to be obsessed
selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
the gates of hell
sneaky
sneaky
ghost
demon
demon
(bird species of China) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)
ghoulies and bogeys
Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
touch fastener
touch fastener
Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes 劉涓子鬼遺方|刘涓子鬼遗方
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
to stir up trouble in secret