- 神出鬼没
- shénchūguǐmòcome and go like a shadow; appear and disappear mysteriously.* * *appear and disappear mysteriously* * *appear and disappear mysteriously* * *shen2 chu1 gui3 mo4lit. Gods appear and devils vanish (idiom); to appear and disappear unpredictably, to change rapidly* * *神出鬼没shén chū guǐ mòcome and go like a shadow; act swiftly and wittingly; alert and quick; divinely appearing and demonically vanishing; with great dexterity and preternatural swiftness; appear and disappear in quick succession; appear and disappear mysteriously; appear like a god and disappear like a demon; be elusive; be slippery as an eel, elusive as a ghost; creep about as silently as a ghost; like the gods going out, and devils coming in; One's comings and goings are not human.:游击队在敌人后方神出鬼没地活动, 敌人无奈他何。 The guerrilla units mysteriously appear and disappear in operation behind enemy lines, without the enemy's being able to do anything about them.* * *神出鬼沒|神出鬼没 [shén chū guǐ mò] ► lit. Gods appear and devils vanish (idiom); to appear and disappear unpredictably ► to change rapidly
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.