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見鬼

简见鬼 · 繁見鬼

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn guǐ

absurd
strange
(interj.) curse it!
to hell with it!

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見: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
见: jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive

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4–3 · jian4 gui3

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verb

(literally) to see a ghost
(figurative) to have bad luck; to be ridiculous; to be absurd; to be funny
(verb-object) to go to hell (as an expression of anger)

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