huó
jiàn
guǐ

idiom
informal

Meaning of 活见鬼

活见鬼 means to see a ghost while alive; utterly bizarre or unbelievable; sheer nonsense. Pronounced huó jiàn guǐ.

  • to see a ghost while alive; utterly bizarre or unbelievable; sheer nonsense

Definitions & Examples

Shū
míng
míng
fàng
zài
zhuō
zi
shang
 
zěn
me
rán
jiàn
le
 
zhēn
shì
huó
jiàn
guǐ
 

The book was clearly on the table; how did it suddenly disappear? This is unbelievable!

gāng
cái
hái
kàn
dào
zài
zhè
 
zhuǎn
yǎn
rén
méi
le
 
huó
jiàn
guǐ
le
 

I just saw him here a moment ago, and now he's gone in the blink of an eye. This is crazy!

shuō
tōu
le
de
 
zhè
jiǎn
zhí
shì
huó
jiàn
guǐ
 
gēn
běn
méi
jiàn
guò
zhī
 

He accused me of stealing his pen. That's sheer nonsense; I've never even seen that pen.

Zhè
liàng
chē
zuó
tiān
hái
hǎo
hǎo
de
 
jīn
tiān
jiù
dòng
liǎo
le
 
zhēn
shì
huó
jiàn
guǐ
 

This car was perfectly fine yesterday, but today it won't start. It's utterly bizarre.