牛鬼蛇神 (ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4) — monsters and freaks (lit., "ox-headed demons and serpent gods") as originally referred by Buddhists in Cantonese
ngauˎ₄牛gwaiˊ²鬼seˎ₄蛇sanˎ₄神Mandarin Pinyin: niu2 gui3 she2 shen2
Meaning of 牛鬼蛇神
nounmonsters and freaks (lit., "ox-headed demons and serpent gods") as originally referred by Buddhists
nounterm used by Mao Zedong as a pejorative during the Cultural Revolution in reference to political heretics
nounvillians; freaks; rabbles; political heretics, especially refering to anti-Maoists during the Cultual Revolution