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作怪

zuò guài

2-character word

What 作怪 means

1. (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
2. to act up
3. to act behind the scenes
4. to make mischief
5. odd
6. to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)

The characters in 作怪

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…

Words containing 作怪

• 丑人多作怪chǒu rén duō zuò guài(saying) unattractive or untalented people tend to make spectacles of themselves
• 兴妖作怪xīng yāo zuò guàilit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom); fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble

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