鬼脸 (鬼臉)
guǐ liǎn
Pinyin
Definition
鬼脸 (鬼臉)
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- wry face
- to grimace
- to pull a face
- comic face
- face mask
- devil mask
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 ghost
- 2 demon
- 3 terrible
- 4 damnable
- 5 clever
- 6 sly
- 7 crafty
- 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
- 9 one of the 28 constellations
- 1 devil
- 1 leech
- 2 bloodsucking vermin
- 3 vampire (translated European notion)
- 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
- 1 miser
- 2 penny-pincher
- 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
- 2 mischievous child
- 3 imp
Idioms (18)
五鬼闹判
- 1 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
引鬼上门
- 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
- 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
- 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
- 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
- 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
- 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
Sample Sentences
对呀!菲菲,你在干嘛啊?一直在海里不出来,过来呀,别做鬼脸了。
Yeah! Feifei, what are you doing? Why haven't you come out of the sea? Come here! And stop making faces!
我给宝宝做了一个鬼脸,他不但没笑,反而哭了。
I made a face at the baby, and not only did he not laugh, he cried.