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見鬼

简 见鬼 · 繁 見鬼
Mandarin · pinyin jiàn guǐ

Meanings

  1. absurd
  2. strange
  3. (interj.) curse it!
  4. 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

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

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