Read Edit View history 作祟 zuòsuì cause mischief Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 作祟 zuòsuì cause mischief verb to cause trouble or exert a negative influence (often referring to hidden factors or psychological states) 这完全是他的虚荣心在作祟。 zhè wánquán shì tā de xūróngxīn zài zuòsuì. This was purely his vanity at work. haunt verb to haunt a place or cause trouble (of a ghost or evil spirit) 迷信的人总觉得这间老屋有鬼怪在作祟。 míxìn de rén zǒng juéde zhè jiān lǎowū yǒu guǐguài zài zuòsuì. Superstitious people always feel that this old house is haunted by ghosts or demons. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.35 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.61 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
作祟 zuòsuì cause mischief verb to cause trouble or exert a negative influence (often referring to hidden factors or psychological states) 这完全是他的虚荣心在作祟。 zhè wánquán shì tā de xūróngxīn zài zuòsuì. This was purely his vanity at work. haunt verb to haunt a place or cause trouble (of a ghost or evil spirit) 迷信的人总觉得这间老屋有鬼怪在作祟。 míxìn de rén zǒng juéde zhè jiān lǎowū yǒu guǐguài zài zuòsuì. Superstitious people always feel that this old house is haunted by ghosts or demons. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.35 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.61 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)