五鬼鬧判
wǔ​guǐ​nào​pàn

five ghosts mock the judge

  • created sense approved 五鬼闹判/五鬼鬧判 · wǔ​guǐ​nào​pàn · five ghosts mock the judge — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    五鬼闹判 / 五鬼鬧判

    wǔ​guǐ​nào​pàn

    five ghosts mock the judge

    An idiom referring to a folk opera where five ghosts resist or mock the judge of the underworld; used to describe an important person being mobbed or harassed by a crowd of troublemakers.

    五鬼 (literal) → 五鬼 · wǔ​guǐ · five demons of pestilence 闹 (literal) → 闹/鬧 · nào · to suffer from 判 (literal) → 判 · pàn · to judge

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