鬼哭狼嚎
guǐ kū láng háo
Pinyin

Definition

鬼哭狼嚎
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guǐ kū láng háo
  1. to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to cry
  2. 2 to weep
láng
  1. 1 wolf
  2. 2 CL:匹[pǐ],隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]
guǐ
  1. 1 ghost
  2. 2 demon
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 damnable
  5. 5 clever
  6. 6 sly
  7. 7 crafty
  8. 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
  9. 9 one of the 28 constellations
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
kū qì
  1. 1 to weep
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
kū shēng
  1. 1 sound of weeping
kū sù
  1. 1 to lament
  2. 2 to complain tearfully
  3. 3 to wail accusingly
dà kū
  1. 1 to cry loudly
láng rén
  1. 1 werewolf
láng bèi
  1. 1 in a difficult situation
  2. 2 to cut a sorry figure
  3. 3 scoundrel! (derog.)
tòng kū
  1. 1 to cry bitterly
dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 coward
sè láng
  1. 1 lecher
  2. 2 pervert
  3. 3 wolf
jiàn guǐ
  1. 1 curse it!
  2. 2 to hell with it!
jiǔ guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
guǐ zi
  1. 1 devils
  2. 2 refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
gān háo
  1. 1 to cry out loud without tears
zuò guǐ
  1. 1 to play tricks
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to get up to mischief
  4. 4 to become a ghost
  5. 5 to give up the ghost

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
前怕狼后怕虎
qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be full of needless fears
  3. 3 reds under the beds
前门打虎,后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
前门拒虎,后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
同声一哭
tóng shēng yī kū
  1. 1 to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)
哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ
  1. 1 weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
哭声震天
kū shēng zhèn tiān
  1. 1 lit. cries of grief shake the heavens
  2. 2 great sorrow (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
引狼入室
yǐn láng rù shì
  1. 1 to show the wolf into the house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
  1. 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
悲歌当哭
bēi gē dàng kū
  1. 1 to sing instead of weep (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
  1. 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
杯盘狼藉
bēi pán láng jí
  1. 1 cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
狼奔豕突
láng bēn shǐ tū
  1. 1 the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts
狼子野心
láng zǐ yě xīn
  1. 1 ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs

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