鬼 guǐ
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guǐ
noun
a ghost; spirit of dead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '鬼') -
guǐ
noun
Kangxi radical 194
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: A devil (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
guǐ
noun
a devil
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: (Unihan '鬼')
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- 不做亏心事,不怕鬼敲门(不做虧心事,不怕鬼敲門) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience
- 鬼怕恶人(鬼怕惡人) ghosts are afraid of evil too; an evil person fears someone even more evil
- 洋鬼子 foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
- 魍魉鬼怪(魍魎鬼怪) ghoulies and bogeys; things that go bump in the night
- 贪吃鬼(貪吃鬼) glutton; chowhound
- 爱哭鬼(愛哭鬼) crybaby
- 驱魔赶鬼(驅魔趕鬼) to exorcise; to drive out evil spirits
- 鬼魅 demon; monster
- 心中有鬼 to harbor ulterior motives
- 狼号鬼哭(狼號鬼哭) wolves howling, devils groaning; pathetic screams
- 人不知鬼不觉(人不知鬼不覺) in absolute secrecy
- 短命鬼 somone who dies prematurely
- 魔鬼粘 Velcro fastener; touch fastener
- 鬼节(鬼節) Ghost festival
- 烟鬼(煙鬼) heavy smoker; chain smoker
- 鬼脸(鬼臉) wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask
- 二鬼子 traitor; collaborator with the enemy
- 刘涓子鬼遗方(劉涓子鬼遺方) Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
- 神工鬼斧 supernaturally fine craft; the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship
- 鬼哭狼嚎 to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves
- 泣鬼神 sad enough to make a spirit cry
- 讨厌鬼(討厭鬼) disgusting person; slob
- 有钱能使鬼推磨(有錢能使鬼推磨) money will make the Devil turn millstones; with money, you can do anything you like
- 怕死鬼 afraid to die (contemptuous term)
- 鬼火 will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
- 鬼怪 a hobgoblin; a bogey; a monstrosity; a phantom
- 做鬼 to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost
- 鬼摸脑壳(鬼摸腦殼) muddled; momentarily confused
- 鬼话连篇(鬼話連篇) to tell one lie after another; to talk nonsense; bogus story
- 促狭鬼(促狹鬼) rascal; mischievous fellow; joker
- 鬼由心生 devils are born in the heart; fears originate in the mind
- 鬼见愁(鬼見愁) varnish tree; goldenrain tree
- 小气鬼(小氣鬼) miser; penny-pincher
- 厉鬼(厲鬼) malicious spirit; devil
- 色鬼 lecher; pervert
- 红魔鬼(紅魔鬼) Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
- 饿鬼(餓鬼) a very hungry person
- 鬼胎 a sinister design; an ulterior motive
- 鬼鸮(鬼鴞) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)
- 鬼才信 who would believe it!; what rubbish!
- 鬼佬 foreigner ; Westerner
- 狐鬼神仙 foxes, ghosts and immortals; supernatural beings, usually fictional
- 鬼故事 ghost story
- 冒失鬼 reckless person; hothead
- 死鬼 devil; You devil! (as joke or insult); the departed
- 鬼迷心窍(鬼迷心竅) to be obsessed; to be possessed
- 阎王好见,小鬼难当(閻王好見,小鬼難當) standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with
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- 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 138
- 卷四十八 志第一: 天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 71
- 卷二十六 志第二 天文二 Volume 26 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 51
- 卷四十九 志第二: 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 41
- 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 38
- 《鬼部》 Guǐ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 38
- 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 第十一 天文中 明十二 章五 和三十三 殤一 安四十六 順二十三 質三 Volume 101: Astronomy Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 35
- 卷五十三 志第六 天文六 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Astronomy 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
- 卷三十三 志第二十三 天文三 Volume 33 Treatises 27: Astronomy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 31
Collocations
- 天鬼 (天鬼) 以祭祀天鬼 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 22
- 舆鬼 (輿鬼) 其星輿鬼 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 11
- 事鬼 (事鬼) 事鬼敬神而遠之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《表記》 The Record on Example — count: 10
- 人鬼 (人鬼) 所以別事天神與人鬼也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 7
- 鬼道 (鬼道) 若以鬼道諫我 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 6
- 曰鬼 (曰鬼) 曰鬼 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭法》 The Law of Sacrifices — count: 6
- 鬼臾 (鬼臾) 問於鬼臾區 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 5
- 敬鬼 (敬鬼) 尊天敬鬼 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷七 政理 Chapter 7: Governance — count: 4
- 鬼侯 (鬼侯) 脯鬼侯以饗諸侯 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《明堂位》 The Places in the Hall of Distinction — count: 4
- 百鬼 (百鬼) 神未至而百鬼集矣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 4