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英语单词趣谈:25个与“鬼”有关的词汇

时间:2016-07-31 15:17:51

(单词翻译:单击)

   I’m particularly fond of affix1 characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant2 an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)?

  魔鬼 mguǐ (“evil devil”) – demon3
  懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones
  酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic4; drunkard
  醉鬼 zuguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard
  烟鬼 yānguǐ (“smoke devil”) – opium5 addict6; chain smoker7
  调皮鬼 tiáopguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child
  捣蛋鬼 dǎodnguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6
  吸血鬼 xīxuguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire8
  鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)
  胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken
  二鬼子 rguǐzi (“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*
  短命鬼 duǎnmngguǐ (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age
  赌鬼 dǔguǐ (“gambling9 ghost”) – gambling addict
  饿鬼 guǐ (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite
  机灵鬼 jīlingguǐ (“clever ghost”) – clever person
  胡涂鬼 htuguǐ (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid
  色鬼 sguǐ (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?)
  厉鬼 lguǐ (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit
  馋鬼 chánguǐ (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much)
  催命鬼 cuīmngguǐ (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a nagger10
  死鬼 sǐguǐ (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between spouses11
  鬼子 guǐzi (“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory)
  鬼怪 guǐgui (“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters
  见鬼 jinguǐ (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!
  鬼知道 guǐ zhīdo (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows!

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