死鬼
sǐ guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

死鬼
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sǐ guǐ
  1. devil
  2. You devil! (as joke or insult)
  3. the departed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
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
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

我也不想要阿！但偏偏我们家那个死鬼，硬是要跟我吵工作的问题。我出来跟你们聚是来避难的。
wǒ yě bù xiǎngyào Ā ！dàn piānpiān wǒmen jiā nàge sǐguǐ ，yìngshì yào gēn wǒ chǎo gōngzuò de wèntí 。wǒ chūlái gēn nǐmen jv4 shì lái bìnàn de 。
I don’t want to either! But that scoundrel at home insisted on arguing with me about a work problem. The reason I came out to attend the get together with you guys was avoiding a disaster at home.
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