鬼门关
guǐ mén guān
Pinyin

Definition

鬼门关
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guǐ mén guān
  1. the gates of hell

Related Words (20)

鬼
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
魔鬼
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
吸血鬼
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
小气鬼
xiǎo qì guǐ
  1. 1 miser
  2. 2 penny-pincher
小鬼
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp
死鬼
sǐ guǐ
  1. 1 devil
  2. 2 You devil! (as joke or insult)
  3. 3 the departed
胆小鬼
dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 coward
见鬼
jiàn guǐ
  1. 1 curse it!
  2. 2 to hell with it!
赌鬼
dǔ guǐ
  1. 1 gambling addict
酒鬼
jiǔ guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
醉鬼
zuì guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
鬼佬
guǐ lǎo
  1. 1 foreigner (Cantonese)
  2. 2 Westerner
鬼子
guǐ zi
  1. 1 devils
  2. 2 refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
鬼屋
guǐ wū
  1. 1 haunted house
鬼怪
guǐ guài
  1. 1 hobgoblin
  2. 2 bogey
  3. 3 phantom
鬼混
guǐ hùn
  1. 1 to hang around
  2. 2 to fool around
  3. 3 to live aimlessly
鬼脸
guǐ liǎn
  1. 1 wry face
  2. 2 to grimace
  3. 3 to pull a face
  4. 4 comic face
  5. 5 face mask
  6. 6 devil mask
鬼话
guǐ huà
  1. 1 lie
  2. 2 false words
  3. 3 nonsense
  4. 4 CL:篇[piān]
做鬼
zuò guǐ
  1. 1 to play tricks
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to get up to mischief
  4. 4 to become a ghost
  5. 5 to give up the ghost
冒失鬼
mào shi guǐ
  1. 1 reckless person
  2. 2 hothead

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
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
  1. 1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
  1. 1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam
阎王好见，小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
  1. 1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
鬼使神差
guǐ shǐ shén chāi
  1. 1 demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
鬼哭狼嚎
guǐ kū láng háo
  1. 1 to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
鬼怕恶人
guǐ pà è rén
  1. 1 lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
  2. 2 an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
鬼由心生
guǐ yóu xīn shēng
  1. 1 devils are born in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fears originate in the mind
鬼计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
  2. 2 sly
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 malicious
鬼话连篇
guǐ huà lián piān
  1. 1 to tell one lie after another (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk nonsense
  3. 3 bogus story

Sample Sentences

通常我们会避免办喜事或者出远门。因为大家觉得这时候鬼门关大开，大鬼小鬼都出来啦！不太吉利。
tōngcháng wǒmen huì bìmiǎn bàn xǐshì huòzhě chū yuǎn mén 。yīnwèi dàjiā juéde zhèshíhòu guǐménguān dàkāi ，dàguǐ xiǎoguǐ dōu chūlai la ！bù tài jílì 。
Usually we try to avoid having weddings or going on a long trip. This is because everyone believes that the portal to the realm of ghosts is wide open. All the ghosts, big and small, come out! So it's not very lucky.
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你刚刚经过了鬼门关，走完了黄泉路，你现在知道你在哪里了吗？
nǐ gānggāng jīngguò le le guǐménguān ，zǒu wán le huángquánlù ，nǐ xiànzài zhīdào nǐ zài nǎli le ma ？
You've come through the gate between the living and the dead and walked the long road into the underworld. Do you understand where you are now?
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