神出鬼没 meaning in Chinese
come and go like a shadow; act swiftly and wittingly; alert and quick; divinely appearing and demonically vanishing; with great dexterity and preternatural swiftness; appear and disappear in quick succession; appear and disappear mysteriously; appear like a god and disappear like a demon; be elusive; be slippery as an eel, elusive as a ghost; creep about as silently as a ghost; like the gods going out, and devils coming in; one's comings and goings are not human.: 游击队在敌人后方神出鬼没地活动, 敌人无奈他何。 the guerrilla units mysteriously appear and disappear in operation behind enemy lines, without the enemy's being able to do anything about them
Examples
- He was famous for the swiftness of his movements .
他以行军神出鬼没著称。 - Under her nails she could feel the things her secretive daughter had bequeathed her .
手指触摸到的是那神出鬼没的女儿留下的物品。 - This guerrilla detachment which mysteriously appeared and disappeared kept the invaders constantly on the run .
这支神出鬼没的游击队搞得侵略者疲于奔命。 - When the americans in a brilliant dash captured the remagen bridge, hitler flew into a tantrum .
美国人在一次神出鬼没的突击中占据了雷马根桥，希特勒就大发雷霆。 - The guerrilla units mysteriously appear and disappear in operation behind enemy lines , without the enemy 's being able to do anything about them .
游击队在敌人后方神出鬼没地活动，敌人无奈他何。