| 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! 新东方淘来的 |
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