foreigner (Cantonese); Westerner
(coll.) to holler; to squawk
devils; refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
hobgoblin; bogey; monstrosity; phantom (aircraft type)
nonsense; humbug; bunk; bullshit
to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly
will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
sinister design; ulterior motive
wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask
treacherous person; evil spirit
lie; false words; nonsense
(bird species of China) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)
dirty trick; monkey business
who would believe it!; what rubbish!
unable to restrain oneself; pulling and tugging at each other
sinister plot; dirty trick; cheap trick
(dialect) flaming mad; furious
undecipherable handwriting; scribblings; (fig.) hypocritical talk
muddled; momentarily confused
to be obsessed; to be possessed
sneaky; secretive; evil spirit
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; also written 五瘟神
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost
little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp
to play tricks; to cause mischief
to make mischief; to play tricks in secret
devil; You devil! (as joke or insult); the departed
heavy smoker; chain smoker
"white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)
damn it; dammit; curse it!; go to hell; to hell with it!; holy shit; to be fantastic (fig.); to be absurd (fig.)
sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
downcast wretch; bad-tempered and unpleasant person
traitor; collaborator with the enemy
rascal; mischievous fellow; joker
to pull a face; to grimace; to scowl
ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game)
leech; blood-sucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); (fig.) cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
afraid to die (contemptuous term)
(jocularly) clever and quick-witted person
foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
to stir up trouble in secret; to instigate
(botany) common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
public nuisance; a wicked, mean spirited individual
heavy smoker; chain smoker
evildoers; demons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies; evil spirits of all kinds
to have secret motives; to have a guilty conscience
evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
foxes, ghosts and immortals; supernatural beings, usually fictional
to suspect everyone; overly suspicious
to exorcise; to drive out evil spirits
ghoulies and bogeys; things that go bump in the night