替死鬼
tì sǐ guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

替死鬼
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tì sǐ guǐ
  1. scapegoat
  2. fall guy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
鬼
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
交替
jiāo tì
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 alternately
  3. 3 in turn
代替
dài tì
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to take the place of
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
吸血鬼
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
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up
害死
hài sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to cause death
  3. 3 to do sb to death
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
打死
dǎ sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to beat to death
拼死
pīn sǐ
  1. 1 to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
掐死
qiā sǐ
  1. 1 to throttle
  2. 2 to choke to death
摔死
shuāi sǐ
  1. 1 to fall to one's death
撑死
chēng sǐ
  1. 1 full to the point of bursting
  2. 2 (coll.) at most
撞死
zhuàng sǐ
  1. 1 to knock down and kill sb with a car
  2. 2 to run over sb
  3. 3 to run sb down
敢死队
gǎn sǐ duì
  1. 1 suicide squad
  2. 2 kamikaze unit
晕死
yūn sǐ
  1. 1 Geez!
  2. 2 Shoot!
  3. 3 No way!
更替
gēng tì
  1. 1 to take over (from one another)
  2. 2 to alternate
  3. 3 to replace
  4. 4 to relay

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
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
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
兔死狐悲
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì
  1. 1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
  1. 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
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)

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