鬼脸 (鬼臉)
guǐ liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

鬼脸 (鬼臉)
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guǐ liǎn
  1. wry face
  2. to grimace
  3. to pull a face
  4. comic face
  5. face mask
  6. devil mask

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

guǐ
  1. 1 ghost
  2. 2 demon
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 damnable
  5. 5 clever
  6. 6 sly
  7. 7 crafty
  8. 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
  9. 9 one of the 28 constellations
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
xiǎo qì guǐ
  1. 1 miser
  2. 2 penny-pincher
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp

Idioms (18)

五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 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
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
  1. 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
  1. 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 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。
duìya !Fēifei ,nǐ zài gànmá ā ?yìzhí zài hǎilǐ bùchūlái ,guòlai ya ,bié zuòguǐliǎn le 。
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。
wǒ gěi bǎobao zuò le yī ge guǐliǎn ,tā bùdàn méi xiào ,fǎn ér kū le 。
I made a face at the baby, and not only did he not laugh, he cried.
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