(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); (fig.) elusive
trad. 神出鬼沒
Also written 神出鬼沒【shén chū guǐ mò】
Characters in this word
4神
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God
- Pinyin
- Shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1022 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
鬼
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disembodied spirit; ghost; devil, (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc, sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]), one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- Pinyin
- guǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 790 of 2500
没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- Pinyin
- méi
- Traditional
- 沒
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 58 of 2500