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闹鬼

Word · VerbTraditional鬧鬼

haunted; conspire

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to be haunted; to have ghosts

neutral

Describes supernatural occurrences in a place, often used in superstition or horror contexts.

Cūn村
lǐ里
chuán传
shuō说
nà那
dòng栋
lǎo老
fáng房
zi子
nào闹
guǐ鬼
 。

The village legend says that old house is haunted.

Tā他
wǎn晚
shàng上
bù不
gǎn敢
chū出
mén门
 ,
pà怕
lù路
shàng上
nào闹
guǐ鬼
 。

He doesn't dare go out at night, afraid the road might be haunted.

2.

verb

to plot secretly; to conspire; to play tricks

informal

Used metaphorically to describe secretive, dishonest, or underhanded behavior.

Wǒ我
jué觉
de得
yǒu有
rén人
zài在
tā他
liǎ俩
zhī之
jiān间
nào闹
guǐ鬼
 ,
tiǎo挑
bō拨
guān关
xì系
 。

I think someone is playing tricks between them, sowing discord.

Gōng公
sī司
zhè这
cì次
shī失
bài败
 ,
kěn肯
dìng定
yǒu有
rén人
zài在
bèi背
hòu后
nào闹
guǐ鬼
 。

For the company's failure this time, someone must have been conspiring behind the scenes.

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Bié别
nào闹
guǐ鬼
le了
 ,
wǒ我
zhī知
dào道
shì是
nǐ你
gàn干
de的
 。

Stop playing tricks, I know it was you.