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兰海琛 发表于 2012-6-3 20:41

与鬼有关的词汇

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[tr][td]这是澳大利亚人Carl在他的博客“一步一个脚印”里发表的文章,总结了中文里25个与“鬼”有关的词以及它们的地道英语说法,对学中文的老外和学英语的中国人都非常有用哦~  I’m particularly fond of affix characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)?
  魔鬼  (“evil devil”) – demon
  懒鬼(“lazy devil”) – lazybones
  酒鬼  (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard
  醉鬼  (“drunk devil”) – drunkard
  烟鬼 (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker
  调皮鬼(“naughty devil”) – naughty child
  捣蛋鬼  (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6
  吸血鬼  (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire
  鬼佬(“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)
  胆小鬼  (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken
  二鬼子(“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*
  短命鬼  (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age
  赌鬼  (“gambling ghost”) – gambling addict
  饿鬼  (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite
  机灵鬼  (“clever ghost”) – clever person
  胡涂鬼  (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid
  色鬼  (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?)
  厉鬼  (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit
  馋鬼  (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much)
  催命鬼  (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a nagger
  死鬼 (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between spouses
  鬼子(“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory)
  鬼怪(“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters
  见鬼  (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!
  鬼知道 (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows!
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tingroom 发表于 2012-6-4 17:15

很有趣哦。

kobe 发表于 2012-6-4 19:14

I am a lazy devil:qq85]

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