creep like a ghost(zuò shén zuò guǐ)

creep like a ghost

To be a God or a ghost is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Zu ø sh é nzu ò Gu ǐ, which means to be furtive; to use deception. From Chapter 47 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: act like a ghost, act like a ghost, and be furtive

The origin of Idioms

The fourth and seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "why don't you come in and be a ghost?"

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. What an interesting person Zhang Jia is! I think of what kind of bachelor I was the day before yesterday! It's his tenant. It's agreed. Come and get me. The fourth chapter of scholars and the ninth chapter of outlaws of the Marsh: "at night, I heard that those two men were gods and ghosts, and they made you rich by boiling soup. Then I will kill these two birds. "Yu Shi Ming Yan. Vol. 38. Ren Xiaozi's spirit is God:" the woman is panting, acting as a God and a ghost, pretending to be a demon. 」

Chinese PinYin : zuò shén zuò guǐ