吊诡 (弔詭)
diào guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

吊诡 (弔詭)
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diào guǐ
  1. bizarre
  2. paradoxical
  3. a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

吊
diào
  1. 1 a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  2. 2 to lament
  3. 3 to condole with
  4. 4 variant: 吊 diào
诡异
guǐ yì
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 weird
诡秘
guǐ mì
  1. 1 secretive
  2. 2 furtive
  3. 3 surreptitious
诡计
guǐ jì
  1. 1 trick
  2. 2 ruse
  3. 3 crafty scheme
吊唁
diào yàn

Idioms (4)

吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
形影相吊
xíng yǐng xiāng diào
  1. 1 with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
  2. 2 extremely sad and lonely
诡计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous
  2. 2 full of craft and cunning
阴谋诡计
yīn móu guǐ jì
  1. 1 crafty plots and machinations (idiom)