魔鬼 mó guǐ devil syn 妖怪 yāo guài monster / devil syn 灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 鬼脸 鬼臉 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask 尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn 魔头 魔頭 mó tóu monster / devil syn 恶鬼 惡鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil syn 卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn 魔王 mó wáng devil king / evil person syn 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless syn 卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 风尘仆仆 風塵僕僕 fēng chén pú pú lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn syn 厉鬼 厲鬼 lì guǐ malicious spirit / devil syn 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 混世魔王 hùn shì mó wáng devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form syn 天魔 tiān mó demonic / devil 日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 不费吹灰之力 不費吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease syn 猴儿 猴兒 hóu ér little devil syn 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 业障 業障 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 syn 尘雾 塵霧 chén wù cloud of dust / smog 鬼 guǐ 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 syn 魔 mó (bound form) evil spirit / devil / (prefix) supernatural / magical syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 妖 yāo goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 埃 āi dust / dirt / angstrom / phonetic ai or e syn 尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn 眯 mí to blind (as with dust) / Taiwan pr. [mi3] syn 尘埃落定 塵埃落定 chén āi luò dìng lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized syn 掸 撣 dǎn to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL:把[ba3] syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 弹冠相庆 彈冠相慶 tán guān xiāng qìng lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) 浮土 fú tǔ topsoil / surface dust syn 征尘 征塵 zhēng chén the dust of a long journey syn 尘螨 塵蟎 chén mǎn dust mite 万念俱灰 萬念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom) / completely disheartened syn 甚嚣尘上 甚囂塵上 shèn xiāo chén shàng clamor raises the dust (idiom) / a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 引鬼上门 引鬼上門 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 有錢能使鬼推磨 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 邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty syn 抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff 逸尘断鞅 逸塵斷鞅 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom) 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm 纤尘 纖塵 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust syn 坋 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 小脏鬼 小髒鬼 xiǎo zāng guǐ dirty little devil (affectionate, of child) 獝 yù devil 人不为己，天诛地灭 人不為己，天誅地滅 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 壞包兒 huài bāo r rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment) 房魔 fáng mó "housing devil", real estate developer or realtor accused of manipulating the property market in their favor 淫鬼 yín guǐ lecherous devil 猴孩子 hóu hái zi little devil 蒟蒻 jǔ ruò konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food) 说曹操曹操就到 說曹操曹操就到 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. 魔鬼岛 魔鬼島 mó guǐ dǎo Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953) 清管器 qīng guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 刮管器 guā guǎn qì pig / go-devil / scraper 请神容易送神难 請神容易送神難 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 拜魔 bài mó to worship the devil 壒 ài dust / mud 撢 dǎn to dust 煤屑 méi xiè coal dust / coal slack 坱 yǎng fine dust / plentiful / vast 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 吹灰 chuī huī to blow away dust 塕埲 wěng běng dust storm 尘云 塵雲 chén yún dust cloud 已见分晓 已見分曉 yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo the result becomes apparent / (after) the dust has settled 涓埃 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible syn 