魔鬼岛 (魔鬼島)
Mó guǐ Dǎo
Pinyin
Definition
魔鬼岛 (魔鬼島)
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- Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana
Character Decomposition
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