| 神差鬼使 |
shén chāi guǐ shǐ |
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence |
| 神 |
Shén |
God |
| 神 |
shén |
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing |
| 差 |
chā |
difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly |
| 差 |
chà |
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] |
| 差 |
chāi |
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post |
| 差 |
cī |
used in 参差 |
| 鬼 |
guǐ |
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy |
| 使 |
shǐ |
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger |