鬼使神差 — Chinese idiom
鬼使神差
guǐ shǐ shén chāi
Meaning
- demons and gods at work ; unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
- curious coincidence
Character by character
- 鬼guǐghost; demon; sly, mischievous
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassad
- 神shéngod, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
- 差chāidifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
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
- 鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo
- 鬼怕恶人 guǐ pà è rén
- 鬼摸脑壳 guǐ mō nǎo ké
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