鬼话连篇 (鬼話連篇)
guǐ huà lián piān
Pinyin

Definition

鬼话连篇 (鬼話連篇)
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guǐ huà lián piān
  1. to tell one lie after another (idiom)
  2. to talk nonsense
  3. bogus story

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

篇
piān
  1. 1 sheet
  2. 2 piece of writing
  3. 3 bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
  4. 4 classifier for written items: chapter, article
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
小鬼
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp

Idioms (20)

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
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lǜ
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all
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

Sample Sentences

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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