活见鬼

活見鬼

huójiànguǐ

phrase

Meanings

HSK 2

你说的这事儿活见鬼，我完全不信。

Nǐ shuō de zhè shìr huójiànguǐ, wǒ wánquán bù xìn.

What you're describing is preposterous - I don't believe a word of it.

HSK 7-9

钥匙刚才还在桌上，现在不见了，真是活见鬼！

Yàoshi gāngcái hái zài zhuō shàng, xiànzài bùjiàn le, zhēnshi huójiànguǐ!

The keys were just on the table a moment ago, and now they're gone - what the hell!

usage

A go-to colloquial exclamation for something uncanny, absurd, or inexplicable. 活 here intensifies - literally "really seeing a ghost".

活 huó

见 jiàn

鬼 guǐ