"Devil" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 mó guǐ devil
 yāo guài monster / devil
 tiān mó demonic / devil
 mó tóu monster / devil
 è guǐ evil spirit / devil
 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed
 lì guǐ malicious spirit / devil
 mó devil / magic
 yāo goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon
 yù devil
 guǐ mó Devil (in Jewish and Christian mythology)
 mó wáng devil king / evil person
 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask
 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners
 hóu ér little devil
 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man
 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money
 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
 yǐn guǐ shàng mén to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble
使 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks
 chén bào dust devil
 xiǎo zāng guǐ dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
 rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
 huài bāo r rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment)
 bài mó to worship the devil
 Dōng yáng guǐ foreign devil / wartime term of abuse for Japanese
 Dōng yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / wartime term of abuse for Japanese
 yín guǐ lecherous devil
 hóu hái zi little devil
 fú fèn manta ray / devil ray
 shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
 dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 mó Wáng Sā dàn Satan, Devil king
 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
 qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
 xiǎo zǔ zōng brat / little devil
 xióng hái zi (dialect) little devil / brat
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