created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · báirìjiànguǐ · to see ghosts in broad daylight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼
báirìjiànguǐ
to see ghosts in broad daylight
Something completely impossible or absurd; also describes something bizarre or strange happening that is impossible to believe.
白日 (literal) → 白日 · báirì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiànguǐ · absurd
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created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · báirìjiànguǐ · to have nothing to do — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼
báirìjiànguǐ
to have nothing to do
(Literary) describes government officials or offices being completely idle or having no business to attend to.
白日 (literal) → 白日 · báirì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiànguǐ · to see a ghost
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created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · báirìjiànguǐ · to hallucinate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼
báirìjiànguǐ
to hallucinate
To imagine things or talk nonsense; to be delusional as if seeing things that are not there
白日 (literal) → 白日 · báirì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiànguǐ · absurd
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