| 兴妖作怪 |
xīng yāo zuò guài |
lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom) / fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble |
| 兴 |
Xīng |
surname Xing |
| 兴 |
xīng |
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) |
| 兴 |
xìng |
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement |
| 妖 |
yāo |
goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon |
| 作 |
zuō |
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 |
zuò |
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works |
| 作怪 |
zuò guài |
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) |
| 怪 |
guài |
bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather |
| 怪 |
guài |
variant of 怪 |