Definition
有鬼 literally means 'there is a ghost', but it is used idiomatically to mean 'there is something fishy or suspicious going on'. It is a fixed verb-object phrase that you can use when you sense that something is wrong or hidden, often in conversations about unexpected events or unusual behavior.
idiom
there is something fishysomething suspicious
Examples
- 有鬼，？Zhè jiàn shì yǒu, tā wèishénme tūrán zǒu le?There's something fishy about this — why did he suddenly leave?
- ，有鬼？Nǐ zuìjìn zǒngshì duǒzhe wǒ, shì bú shì yǒu?You've been avoiding me lately — is something suspicious going on?
- ，有鬼。Tā de jiěshì tīng qǐlai hěn hélǐ, dàn wǒ zǒng juéde yǒu.His explanation sounds reasonable, but I still feel there's something fishy.
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