稀奇古怪

xīqí-gǔguài
idiom #23,698

Meanings

  1. 1 bizarre and strange
  2. 2 weird and outlandish
  3. 3 eccentric
  4. 4 fantastically odd

Examples

Tā zǒngshì yǒuyīxiē xīqígǔguài de xiǎngfǎ.
He always has some bizarre and outlandish ideas.
Zhèjiā bówùguǎn lǐ bǎi mǎn le xīqígǔguài de cángpǐn.
This museum is full of weird and wonderful items.

Tips

memory
稀奇 means 'rare and curious'; 古怪 means 'old and strange / eccentric'. Together they pile up to form a phrase meaning 'all kinds of strange and unusual things' — the idiom is pleasantly emphatic.

Stroke Order

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