妖魔鬼怪

yāomó-guǐguài

idiom #33,347

Meanings

1 demons and monsters; all kinds of evil spirits
2 (figurative) every kind of evil force or villain

Characters

monster; strange

Examples

HSK 5

孙悟空一路上打败了无数妖魔鬼怪。

Sūn Wùkōng yílùshàng dǎbài le wúshù yāomó-guǐguài.

Sun Wukong defeated countless demons and monsters along the way.

HSK 7-9

我们要警惕社会上的妖魔鬼怪。

Wǒmen yào jǐngtì shèhuì shang de yāomó-guǐguài.

We must be on guard against the evil forces in society.

Tips

history

Recorded in the Yuan dynasty play 《张生煮海》 by Li Haogu. It strings four supernatural-evil words together: 妖 (demon-spirit), 魔 (demon), 鬼 (ghost), 怪 (monster) - covering essentially every kind of malevolent being in Chinese folklore.

Stroke Order

妖 yāo

魔 mó

鬼 guǐ

怪 guài