一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
-
1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
-
2 fig. to stick to one's ways
-
3 to cling to one's course
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
-
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
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
-
1 all crows are black (idiom)
-
2 evil people are bad all over the world
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
-
1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
-
2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
-
1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
-
1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
-
1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
-
2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
-
1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
-
2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
-
1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
-
1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
-
2 fig. pitch dark
-
3 to black out
-
4 disorderly
-
5 troubled times
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
-
1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
-
2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
-
1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
-
1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
-
2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
-
1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
-
2 uncanny workmanship
-
3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
-
1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
-
2 curious coincidence
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
-
1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
-
2 to deceive people
-
3 to scam
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
-
1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
-
2 you are the product of your environment
阎王好见,小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
-
1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
-
1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
-
2 to misrepresent the facts
-
3 to invert right and wrong
鬼使神差
guǐ shǐ shén chāi
-
1 demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
-
2 curious coincidence