魔 鬼 mó guǐ devil 妖 怪 yāo guài monster / devil 天 魔 tiān mó demonic / devil 鬼 子 devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip 魔 头 mó tóu monster / devil 恶 鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil 死 鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed 厉 鬼 lì guǐ malicious spirit / devil 鬼 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 魔 (bound form) evil spirit / devil / (prefix) supernatural / magical 妖 goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon 獝 devil 魔 王 mó wáng devil king / evil person 鬼 脸 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask 日 本 鬼 子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 洋 鬼 子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners 猴 儿 hóu ér little devil 倒 霉 蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 黑 鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 业 障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money 混 世 魔 王 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form 引 鬼 上 门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble 有 钱 能 使 鬼 推 磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks 尘 暴 chén bào dust devil 小 脏 鬼 xiǎo zāng guǐ dirty little devil (affectionate, of child) 人 不 为 己 ， 天 诛 地 灭 rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. 坏 包 儿 huài bāo r rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment) 拜 魔 bài mó to worship the devil 淫 鬼 yín guǐ lecherous devil 猴 孩 子 hóu hái zi little devil 说 曹 操 曹 操 就 到 shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear 魔 王 撒 旦 mó Wáng Sā dàn Satan, Devil king 魔 高 一 丈 ， 道 高 一 尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. 请 神 容 易 送 神 难 qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away 小 祖 宗 xiǎo zǔ zōng brat / little devil 熊 孩 子 xióng hái zi (dialect) little devil / brat
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