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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
devil
HSK 7-9
to make mischief / to play tricks
HSK 7-9
gargoyle / grotesque
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
haunted
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
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)
malicious spirit; devil
(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor
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
scapegoat / fall guy
what the hell; preposterous
disgusting person / slob
miser / penny-pincher
(derog.) tubercular person; a consumptive
coward
to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience
miser; penny-pincher
heavy smoker / chain smoker
reckless person / hothead
gambling addict
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
(jocular) clever and quick-witted person
lecher / pervert
sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost
to suspect everyone / overly suspicious
glutton; greedy pig
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
(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
(coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom) / person who has no family or friends to rely on
evil spirit / devil
drunkard
mischievous fellow; rascal
sb who dies prematurely
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
to exorcise / to drive out evil spirits
glutton / chowhound
troublemaker
Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
lazybones / idle bum
heavy smoker / chain smoker
unlicensed street vendor
false hero (who pretends to be 李逵); a fake
"white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)
(loanword) reggae
lecherous devil
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
downcast wretch / bad-tempered and unpleasant person
dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
crybaby
ghoul
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


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