| 五鬼闹判 |
wǔ guǐ nào pàn |
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 五鬼 |
wǔ guǐ |
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神 |
| 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 |
| 闹 |
nào |
variant of 闹 |
| 闹 |
nào |
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke |
| 判 |
pàn |
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence |