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  *怪* | 怪* | *怪
bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather
HSK 4
(idiom) fiends; devils; monsters
monster / devil
HSK 7-9
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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
evil spirit / devil
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
(coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man
malicious spirit; devil
Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money
demonic / devil
brat / little devil
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
devils are born in the heart (idiom) / fears originate in the mind
devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
(dialect) little devil; brat
devil king / evil person
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  *妖* | 妖* | *妖
goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon
lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food)
rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment)
little devil
spirits and devils (usually harmful); demons
dust devil
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty
dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
lecherous devil
little devil
spirits and devils (usually harmful) / demon
lit. nest of devils / place occupied by sinister forces
to drive out devils / exorcism
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  *魔* | 魔* | *魔
(bound form) evil spirit; devil / (prefix) supernatural; magical
Satan, Devil king
monster; devil
to drive out devils / to exorcise
wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask
devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
to drive out devils and spirits exorcism
(botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
to worship the devil
lit. devils' castle / place occupied by sinister forces


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