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水鬼升城隍
  seoi2 gwai2 sing1 sing4 wong4   jyutping
  shui3 gui3 sheng1 cheng2 huang2   pinyin
characterizes someone who has undeservedly risen up in the world (lit., "the river ghost is promoted to the city god")


Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
水鬼升城隍

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Characters in this word:

 seoi2  -  water; liquid; dough (money)
 gwai2  -  ghost; devil; dishonest; terrible
 sing1  -  ascend; promote; litre
 sing4 seng4  -  city; town
 wong4  -  dry moat / god of city
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