魍魉鬼怪
wǎng liǎng guǐ guài
Pinyin

Definition

魍魉鬼怪
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wǎng liǎng guǐ guài
  1. ghoulies and bogeys
  2. things that go bump in the night

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奇怪
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
怪
guài
  1. 1 bewildering
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 strange
  4. 4 uncanny
  5. 5 devil
  6. 6 monster
  7. 7 to wonder at
  8. 8 to blame
  9. 9 quite
  10. 10 rather
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
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
古怪
gǔ guài
  1. 1 eccentric
  2. 2 grotesque
  3. 3 oddly
  4. 4 queer
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
妖怪
yāo guài
  1. 1 monster
  2. 2 devil
小鬼
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp
怪不得
guài bu de
  1. 1 no wonder!
  2. 2 so that's why!
怪事
guài shì
  1. 1 strange thing
  2. 2 curious occurrence
怪人
guài rén
  1. 1 strange person
  2. 2 eccentric
怪味
guài wèi
  1. 1 strange odor
怪物
guài wu
  1. 1 monster
  2. 2 freak
  3. 3 eccentric person
怪兽
guài shòu
  1. 1 rare animal
  2. 2 mythical animal
  3. 3 monster
怪异
guài yì
  1. 1 monstrous
  2. 2 strange
  3. 3 strange phenomenon
怪癖
guài pǐ
  1. 1 eccentricity
  2. 2 peculiarity
  3. 3 strange hobby
死鬼
sǐ guǐ
  1. 1 devil
  2. 2 You devil! (as joke or insult)
  3. 3 the departed
胆小鬼
dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 coward
见鬼
jiàn guǐ
  1. 1 curse it!
  2. 2 to hell with it!

Idioms (20)

不足为怪
bù zú wéi guài
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
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
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
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
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
  1. 1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
  1. 1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
礼多人不怪
lǐ duō rén bù guài
  1. 1 nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom)
  2. 2 courtesy costs nothing
兴妖作怪
xīng yāo zuò guài
  1. 1 lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
  1. 1 ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
阎王好见，小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
  1. 1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)

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