「神出鬼沒」
Entry #1 | |
Pronunciation: | san4 ceot1 gwai2 mut6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
神 god; spirit; mind; expression; look; goddess; deity; not working; dysfunctional; inoperative; insane; crazy; nuts; mad; out of one's mind 出 to go out; to come out; to issue; to publish; to produce; to grow; to appear; to offer; to give; to provide; to go beyond; to use; to bring out; to show 鬼 ghost; spirit; traitor; the rat; joker; awful; dreadful 沒 not; to have not; There is no ...; to sink; to cover above; to overflow; to disappear; to be out of sight; to worsen; to deteriorate; to decline; to go south; to confiscate; to expropriate |
Variants: | Variants: 神出鬼没 |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
(of a person) to keep on appearing and disappearing mysteriously; to act with great dexterity and preternatural swiftness; literally 'to come and go like a god or a ghost'
|
Copyrights: | © 2017 Hong Kong Lexicography Limited - License |