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HSK
drunkard
HSK 5
haunted house
who would believe it! / what rubbish!
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
to make mischief / to play tricks
HSK 7-9
(dialect) flaming mad / furious
(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(idiom) all kinds of evil spirits or malevolent beings
devil
HSK 7-9
evil spirit / devil
to play tricks; to cause mischief
hobgoblin / bogey / phantom
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
downcast wretch / bad-tempered and unpleasant person
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
miser / penny-pincher
gargoyle / grotesque
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
malicious spirit; devil
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
ghost town
glutton / chowhound
lazybones / idle bum
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
supernatural beings
reckless person / hothead
foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
devils are born in the heart (idiom) / fears originate in the mind
what the hell; preposterous
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
ghost story
sneaky / furtive
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
evil spirit / sneaky / secretive
lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
ghoul
mole / spy / rat / traitor
unlicensed street vendor
dirty trick / monkey business
awful weather
lie / false words / nonsense / CL:
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
(idiom) despicable; loathsome
traitor / collaborator with the enemy
(fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere; two-faced
(coll.) sudden emergence of a person or vehicle from a blind spot (esp. into oncoming traffic)
haunted house
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
to suspect everyone / overly suspicious
top secret / hush-hush
to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly
ghost
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
miser; penny-pincher
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
nonsense / humbug / bunk / bullshit
ghost movie
Joker (playing card)
full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom) / sly / crafty / malicious
haunted
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern
to be obsessed / to be possessed
in absolute secrecy
mischievous fellow; rascal
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
coward
drunkard
foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner
dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
troublemaker
lecherous devil
heavy smoker / chain smoker
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
disgusting person / slob
Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首
lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too / an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
(Tw) Velcro fastener / touch fastener
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
demon
sinister design / ulterior motive
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
heavy smoker / chain smoker

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