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五鬼鬧判

简五鬼闹判 · 繁五鬼鬧判

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ guǐ nào pàn

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

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五: wǔ · five; surname
鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
鬧: Look up this written character
判: pàn · judge; discriminate; conclude
闹: nào · quarrel; dispute hotly

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

3–3–4–4 · wu3 gui3 nao4 pan4

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ng5 gwai2 naau6 pun3

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