lǐ​guǐ

imposter

  • created reference approved 李鬼 → 李逵 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    李鬼 lǐ​guǐ

    李逵 lǐ​kuí

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 李鬼 · lǐ​guǐ · imposter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    李鬼

    lǐ​guǐ

    imposter

    An imposter or fake; a false hero who pretends to be someone else. Derived from a character in the novel "Water Margin" who poses as [[李逵|李逵|li3 kui2]].

    李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · Li 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

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

    created sense