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As a Chinese idiom, Xi á NSH é NY ě Gu ǐ means superstition, which refers to wandering ghosts and gods. It refers to people who do not do their work, wander around and make trouble. From Yu Shi Ming Yan.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Ming Yan" Volume 39: "there are such ignorant old animals as us, who do not abide by their duties and are used to attracting idle spirits and wild ghosts and making noise at the door."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences. Chapter 17 of the marriage story of awakening the world: "if there are really idle spirits and wild ghosts, he will naturally retreat when he sees the Sutra."