{"path":"/entry/70502","title":"牛鬼蛇神 (niú guǐ shé shén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"牛鬼蛇神 (niú guǐ shé shén): evil monsters. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":70502,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["牛鬼蛇神"],"TRADITIONAL":["牛鬼蛇神"]}},"phonetic":"niú guǐ shé shén","phoneticKey":"niu2 gui3 she2 shen2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"evil monsters","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"bad characters","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"political","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"bad elements","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["IDIOM"],"frequency":87317,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"Cow demons, snake spirits","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Either cow demons or snake spirits can trace their roots back to Buddhist sutras. As a chengyu first attested in 831 in Du Mu's Preface to the Songs and Poems of Li He","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"云烟绵联，不足为其态也；水之迢迢，不足为其情也；春之盎盎，不足为其和也；秋之明洁，不足为其格也；风樯阵马，不足为其勇也；瓦棺篆鼎，不足为其古也；时花美女，不足为其色也；荒国陊殿，梗莽丘垄，不足为其恨怨悲愁也；鲸呿鳌掷，牛鬼蛇神，不足为其虚荒诞幻也。","traditional":"雲煙綿聯，不足為其態也；水之迢迢，不足為其情也；春之盎盎，不足為其和也；秋之明潔，不足為其格也；風檣陣馬，不足為其勇也；瓦棺篆鼎，不足為其古也；時花美女，不足為其色也；荒國陊殿，梗莽丘壟，不足為其恨怨悲愁也；鯨呿鼇擲，牛鬼蛇神，不足為其虛荒誕幻也。"},"phonetic":"Yúnyān miánlián, bùzú wéi qí tài yě; shuǐ zhī tiáotiáo, bùzú wéi qí qíng yě; chūn zhī àng'àng, bùzú wéi qí hé yě; qiū zhī míngjié, bùzú wéi qí gé yě; fēngqiáng zhènmǎ, bùzú wéi qí yǒng yě; wǎguān zhuàndǐng, bùzú wéi qí gǔ yě; shíhuā měinǚ, bùzú wéi qí sè yě; huāng guó duò diàn, gěng mǎng qiū lǒng, bùzú wéi qí hèn yuàn bēi chóu yě; jīng qù áo zhì, niú guǐ shé shén, bùzú wéi qí xū huāng dàn huàn yě.","english":"Clouds and mist gently intermingling cannot describe his manner; illimitable waters cannot describe his feelings; the verdure of spring cannot describe his warmth; the clarity of autumn cannot describe his style; a mast in the wind, a horse in the battle-line cannot describe his courage; earthenware coffins and tripods with seal-characters cannot describe his antiquity; seasonal blossoms and lovely girls cannot describe his ardour; fallen kingdoms and ruined palaces, thorny thickets and gravemounds cannot describe his resentment and sorrow; whales yawning, turtles spurting, ox-ghosts and serpent-spirits cannot describe his wildness and extravagance.","ref":"c. 831, 杜牧, 《〈李賀集〉序》, translated by J. D. Frodsham"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}