鬼话 (鬼話)
guǐ huà
Pinyin

Definition

鬼话 (鬼話)
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guǐ huà
  1. lie
  2. false words
  3. nonsense
  4. CL:篇[piān]

Character Decomposition

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

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

Sample Sentences

这种时候啊，要当只职场变色龙，见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话。
zhèzhǒng shíhou a ，yào dāng zhī zhíchǎng biànsèlóng ，jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà 。
In these times, you have to become a workforce chameleon. The key is to be flexible and know what to say in different situations.
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哦？你尽力了，那我妈的命谁来赔？根本鬼话连篇、草菅人命！你们这群杀人凶手！你等着，我绝对要告死你们！
ò ？nǐ jìnlì le ，nà wǒ mā de mìng shéi lái péi ？gēnběn guǐhuà liánpian 、cǎo jiān rénmìng ！nǐmen zhè qún shārén xiōngshǒu ！nǐ děng zhe ，wǒ juéduì yào gào sǐ nǐmen ！
Son: Huh? You did all that you could? So who will compensate us for the death of my mother? You're just talking a bunch of codswallop, you clearly have no respect for human life! A bunch of murderers is what you are! Just you wait, I'll sue you until you bleed!
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所以的话呢，销售有时候说，对人说人话，对鬼说鬼话。其实就是说你得判断这个人到底是怎么样的一个人，然后跟他说他想要听到的话，然后让他去购买。
suǒyǐ dehuà ne ，xiāoshòu yǒushíhou shuō ，duì rén shuō rénhuà ，duì guǐ shuō guǐhuà 。qíshí jiùshìshuō nǐ děi pànduàn zhè ge rén dàodǐ shì zěnmeyàng de yī ge rén ，ránhòu gēn tā shuō tā xiǎng yào tīngdào dehuà ，ránhòu ràng tā qù gòumǎi 。
As a result of this, salespeople sometimes say, “If you're speaking to a man, talk man talk; if you're speaking to a ghost, talk ghost talk.” In fact, what this means is that you should determine what kind of person this is, then tell him what he wants to hear, then let him buy something.
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呸，谁信你的鬼话。
pēi ，shéi xìn nǐ de guǐhuà 。
Bah! Who would believe that nonsense?
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