jiàn​guǐ

to see a ghost

  • created sense approved 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · to see a ghost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见鬼 / 見鬼

    jiàn​guǐ

    to see a ghost

    to die or perish; to be destroyed; often used with [[去|去|qu4]] meaning "go to hell"

    见, 鬼

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · [exclamation] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见鬼 / 見鬼

    jiàn​guǐ

    [exclamation]

    an exclamation of frustration meaning "damn it" or "to hell with it"

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 见鬼/見鬼 · jiàn​guǐ · absurd — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见鬼 / 見鬼

    jiàn​guǐ

    absurd

    unreasonable or strange; preposterous; used to describe a situation that is hard to believe or makes no sense

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

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

    created sense