Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
鬼画符
guǐ huà fú
Description
"鬼画符"是说字写得很乱，别人看不清楚。
"鬼画符" means writing characters messily so others can't read them clearly.
如果你写的字很难看，朋友可能会笑着说这是鬼画符。
If your handwriting is very ugly, friends might jokingly say it's 鬼画符.
Meanings
鬼画符guǐ huà fú
illegible, messy handwriting; a careless scrawl
他的字像鬼画符，我看不懂。
His handwriting is like scribbles; I can't understand it.
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Notes
- Etymology
literally "a ghost drawing a talisman," so the marks look wild and unreadable.
- Nuance
informal and often joking or critical about someone's bad handwriting.
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