2012翻译资格词汇辅导:25个与“鬼”有关的词汇

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

  魔鬼 móguǐ (“evil devil”) – demon

  懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones

  酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard

  醉鬼 zuìguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard

  烟鬼 yānguǐ (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker

  调皮鬼 tiáopíguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child

  捣蛋鬼 dǎodànguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6

  吸血鬼 xīxuèguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire

  鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)

  胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken

  二鬼子 èrguǐzi (“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*

  短命鬼 duǎnmìngguǐ (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age

  赌鬼 dǔguǐ (“gambling ghost”) – gambling addict

  饿鬼 èguǐ (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite

  机灵鬼 jīlingguǐ (“clever ghost”) – clever person

  胡涂鬼 hútuguǐ (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid

  色鬼 sèguǐ (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?)

  厉鬼 lìguǐ (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit

  馋鬼 chánguǐ (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much)

  催命鬼 cuīmìngguǐ (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a nagger

  死鬼 sǐguǐ (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between spouses

  鬼子 guǐzi (“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory)

  鬼怪 guǐguài (“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters

  见鬼 jiànguǐ (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!

  鬼知道 guǐ zhīdào (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows!

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