鬼话
guǐ huà
Pinyin

Definition

鬼话
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guǐ huà
  1. lie
  2. false words
  3. nonsense
  4. CL:篇[piān]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
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
xiǎo qì guǐ
  1. 1 miser
  2. 2 penny-pincher
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp
sǐ guǐ
  1. 1 devil
  2. 2 You devil! (as joke or insult)
  3. 3 the departed
dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 coward
jiàn guǐ
  1. 1 curse it!
  2. 2 to hell with it!
dǔ guǐ
  1. 1 gambling addict
jiǔ guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
zuì guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
guǐ lǎo
  1. 1 foreigner (Cantonese)
  2. 2 Westerner
guǐ zi
  1. 1 devils
  2. 2 refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
guǐ wū
  1. 1 haunted house
guǐ guài
  1. 1 hobgoblin
  2. 2 bogey
  3. 3 phantom
guǐ hùn
  1. 1 to hang around
  2. 2 to fool around
  3. 3 to live aimlessly
guǐ liǎn
  1. 1 wry face
  2. 2 to grimace
  3. 3 to pull a face
  4. 4 comic face
  5. 5 face mask
  6. 6 devil mask
guǐ huà
  1. 1 lie
  2. 2 false words
  3. 3 nonsense
  4. 4 CL:篇[piān]
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
mào shi guǐ
  1. 1 reckless person
  2. 2 hothead

Idioms (18)

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
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)
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
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
  1. 1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
  1. 1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam
阎王好见,小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
  1. 1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
鬼使神差
guǐ shǐ shén chāi
  1. 1 demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
鬼哭狼嚎
guǐ kū láng háo
  1. 1 to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
鬼怕恶人
guǐ pà è rén
  1. 1 lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
  2. 2 an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
鬼由心生
guǐ yóu xīn shēng
  1. 1 devils are born in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fears originate in the mind
鬼计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
  2. 2 sly
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 malicious
鬼话连篇
guǐ huà lián piān
  1. 1 to tell one lie after another (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk nonsense
  3. 3 bogus story

Sample Sentences

这种时候啊,要当只职场变色龙,见人说人话,见鬼说鬼话。
zhèzhǒng shíhou a ,yào dāng zhī zhíchǎng biànsèlóng ,jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà 。
In these times, you have to become a workforce chameleon. The key is to be flexible and know what to say in different situations.
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哦?你尽力了,那我妈的命谁来赔?根本鬼话连篇、草菅人命!你们这群杀人凶手!你等着,我绝对要告死你们!
ò ?nǐ jìnlì le ,nà wǒ mā de mìng shéi lái péi ?gēnběn guǐhuà liánpian 、cǎo jiān rénmìng !nǐmen zhè qún shārén xiōngshǒu !nǐ děng zhe ,wǒ juéduì yào gào sǐ nǐmen !
Son: Huh? You did all that you could? So who will compensate us for the death of my mother? You're just talking a bunch of codswallop, you clearly have no respect for human life! A bunch of murderers is what you are! Just you wait, I'll sue you until you bleed!
所以的话呢,销售有时候说,对人说人话,对鬼说鬼话。其实就是说你得判断这个人到底是怎么样的一个人,然后跟他说他想要听到的话,然后让他去购买。
suǒyǐ dehuà ne ,xiāoshòu yǒushíhou shuō ,duì rén shuō rénhuà ,duì guǐ shuō guǐhuà 。qíshí jiùshìshuō nǐ děi pànduàn zhè ge rén dàodǐ shì zěnmeyàng de yī ge rén ,ránhòu gēn tā shuō tā xiǎng yào tīngdào dehuà ,ránhòu ràng tā qù gòumǎi 。
As a result of this, salespeople sometimes say, “If you're speaking to a man, talk man talk; if you're speaking to a ghost, talk ghost talk.” In fact, what this means is that you should determine what kind of person this is, then tell him what he wants to hear, then let him buy something.
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呸,谁信你的鬼话。
pēi ,shéi xìn nǐ de guǐhuà 。
Bah! Who would believe that nonsense?
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