活见鬼

活見鬼

huójiànguǐ

phrase

Meanings

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!

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

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

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