English-Chinese dictionary »

devil meaning in Chinese

EnglishChinese
devil [devils] (evil creature)
noun
[UK: ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˈdev.l̩]

恶鬼 /èguǐ/noun

恶魔 /èmó/noun

惡鬼noun

惡魔noun

邪魔 /xiémó/noun

魔鬼 /móguǐ/noun

devil (the devil: the chief devil)
proper noun
[UK: ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˈdev.l̩]

魔王 /mówáng/proper noun

devil [devils] (thing that is awkward or difficult to understand)
noun
[UK: ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˈdev.l̩]

traditional variant: 傢伙noun

家伙 /jiāhuǒ/noun

devil [devils] (wicked or naughty person)
noun
[UK: ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˈdev.l̩]

魔王 /mówáng/noun

devil is in the details (specific provisions of something may be complicated)
phrase

xìjié juédìng chéngbài/phrase

关键在细节,细节决定成败 /guānjiàn zài xìjiéphrase

關鍵在細節,細節決定成敗phrase

devil's advocate (canon lawyer)
noun

列圣审查官 /lièshèng shěncháguān/noun

列聖審查官noun

devil's advocate (debater)
noun

恶魔的代言人 /èmó de dàiyánrén/noun

惡魔的代言人noun

devilish (extreme, excessive)
adjective
[UK: ˈde.və.lɪʃ]
[US: ˈde.vlɪʃ]

非常 /fēicháng/adjective

devilish (resembling or characteristic of a devil)
adjective
[UK: ˈde.və.lɪʃ]
[US: ˈde.vlɪʃ]

恶魔般的 /èmóbān de/adjective

惡魔般的adjective

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know (something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown)
phrase

未知的危险比已知的危险更加可怕 /wèizhī de wēixiǎn bǐ yǐzhī de wēixiǎn gèngjiā kěpà/phrase

未知的危險比已知的危險更加可怕phrase

daredevil [daredevils] (person who engages in risky behavior)
noun
[UK: ˈdeə.dev.l̩]
[US: ˈder.ˌdev.l̩]

胆大妄为的人 /dǎndàwàngwéi de rén/noun

膽大妄為的人noun

鋌而走險的人noun

铤而走险的人 /dìng'érzǒuxiǎn de rén/noun

dust devil (a swirling dust in the air)
noun
[UK: dʌst ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˈdəst ˈdev.l̩]

塵暴noun

尘暴 /chénbào/noun

speak of the devil (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive)
phrase

Cáo Cāo arrives.)phrase

Cáo Cāo dào/phrase

說曹操,曹操到phrase

说曹操,曹操到 /shuō Cáo Cāophrase

Tasmanian devil [Tasmanian devils] (Sarcophilus harrisii)
noun
[UK: ˌtæz.ˈmeɪ.niən ˈdev.l̩]
[US: ˌtæz.ˈmeɪ.niən ˈdev.l̩]

塔州恶魔 /Tǎzhōu èmó/noun

塔州惡魔noun

塔斯馬尼亞惡魔noun

塔斯马尼亚恶魔 /Tǎsīmǎníyà èmó/noun

袋獾 /dàihuān/noun

vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment)
noun
[UK: ˈvɔː.də.vɪl]
[US: ˈvɑːd.ˌvɪl]

杂耍 /záshuǎ/noun

雜耍noun

white devil noun

洋鬼子 /yángguǐzi/noun