神出鬼没

Traditional: 神出鬼沒

shén chū guǐ mò

Dictionary entry

(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)

What does 神出鬼没 mean?

神出鬼没 (shén chū guǐ mò) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)

2(fig.) elusive

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神ShénGod 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil · (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

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神出鬼没

shén chū guǐ mò

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