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牛鬼蛇神
  ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4   jyutping
[1] monsters and freaks (lit., "ox-headed demons and serpent gods") as originally referred by Buddhists [2] term used by Mao Zedong as a pejorative during the Cultural Revolution in reference to political heretics


Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
牛鬼蛇神

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Characters in this word:

 ngau4  -  cow; ox; cattle
 gwai2  -  ghost; devil; dishonest; terrible
 se4 ji4 seu4  -  snake
 san4  -  god; divinity; spirit; supernatural; weird
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