油炸鬼
yóu zhá guǐ
Pinyin
Definition
油炸鬼
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- (coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to add oil
- 2 to top up with gas
- 3 to refuel
- 4 to accelerate
- 5 to step on the gas
- 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
- 7 to cheer sb on
- 1 oil
- 2 fat
- 3 grease
- 4 petroleum
- 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
- 6 oily
- 7 greasy
- 8 glib
- 9 cunning
- 1 to deep fry
- 2 Taiwan pr. [zhà]
- 1 ghost
- 2 demon
- 3 terrible
- 4 damnable
- 5 clever
- 6 sly
- 7 crafty
- 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
- 9 one of the 28 constellations
- 1 devil
Idioms (20)
五鬼闹判
- 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
- 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
- 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
- 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
- 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
- 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
- 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like