倀鬼
chāng​guǐ

chang ghost

  • created reference approved 伥鬼/倀鬼 → 为虎作伥/為虎作倀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伥鬼 / 倀鬼 chāng​guǐ

    为虎作伥 / 為虎作倀 wèi​hǔ​zuò​chāng

    see

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  • created sense approved 伥鬼/倀鬼 · chāng​guǐ · chang ghost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伥鬼 / 倀鬼

    chāng​guǐ

    chang ghost

    In folklore, the ghost of a person devoured by a tiger who then helps the tiger find and kill other people; often used in the idiom [[为虎作伥|為虎作倀|wei4 hu3 zuo4 chang1]].

    伥 (literal) → 伥/倀 · chāng · tiger spirit 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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