Meaning of 鬼使神差
鬼使神差 means as if guided by ghosts and gods; describing something happening by a strange coincidence or someone acting unwittingly. Pronounced guǐ shǐ shén chāi.
- as if guided by ghosts and gods; describing something happening by a strange coincidence or someone acting unwittingly
Definitions & Examples
Zài在
yì异
guó国
tā他
xiāng乡
de的
jiē街
tóu头
，
wǒ我
men们
guǐ鬼
shǐ使
shén神
chāi差
de地
xiāng相
yù遇
le了
。
We met unexpectedly on a street in a foreign land, as if arranged by fate.
Wǒ我
píng平
shí时
hěn很
zhǔn准
shí时
，
jīn今
tiān天
què却
guǐ鬼
shǐ使
shén神
chāi差
de地
chí迟
dào到
le了
。
I'm usually very punctual, but today, for some strange reason, I was late.
Tā他
guǐ鬼
shǐ使
shén神
chāi差
bān般
de地
zǒu走
jìn进
nà那
jiā家
cóng从
wèi未
qù去
guò过
de的
xiǎo小
diàn店
，
fā发
xiàn现
le了
xīn心
yí仪
de的
jiù旧
shū书
。
As if guided by some unseen force, he walked into that little shop he had never been to before and found the old book he liked.
Liǎng两
zhī支
duì队
wǔ伍
xiāng相
gé隔
qiān千
lǐ里
，
què却
guǐ鬼
shǐ使
shén神
chāi差
de地
qǐ起
le了
tóng同
yī一
gè个
míng名
zì字
。
The two teams were thousands of miles apart, yet by some bizarre coincidence, they chose the same name.
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