Understand the meaning and usage of 「描神畫鬼」 with a concise guide and pinyin in both Mandarin and Cantonese.

Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「描神畫鬼」 below.

Here, we present the idiom 「描神畫鬼」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Depicting ghosts and gods means describing non-existent things based on imagination.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

miáo shén huà guǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

miu4 san4 wa2/waak6 gwai2

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