bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ

to see ghosts in broad daylight

  • created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ · to see ghosts in broad daylight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼

    bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ

    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 · bái​rì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · absurd

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  • created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ · to have nothing to do — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼

    bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ

    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 · bái​rì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · to see a ghost

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  • created sense approved 白日见鬼/白日見鬼 · bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ · to hallucinate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    白日见鬼 / 白日見鬼

    bái​rì​jiàn​guǐ

    to hallucinate

    To imagine things or talk nonsense; to be delusional as if seeing things that are not there

    白日 (literal) → 白日 · bái​rì · daytime 见鬼 (literal) → 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · absurd

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