鬼怕恶人 — Chinese idiom
鬼怕恶人
guǐ pà è rén
Traditional: 鬼怕惡人
Meaning
- lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
- an evil person fears someone even more evil
Character by character
- 鬼guǐghost; demon; sly, mischievous
- 怕pàto fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
- 恶èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nause
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 妖魔鬼怪 yāo mó guǐ guài
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
- 心中有鬼 xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
- 神出鬼没 shén chū guǐ mò
- 神憎鬼厌 shén zēng guǐ yàn
- 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
- 鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi
- 鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo
- 鬼摸脑壳 guǐ mō nǎo ké
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