I've quite a tough question and I think only the chinese language experts here can help me.
I'm doing a rather large fantasy writing project in Chinese. There's some fanciful words which I would like to use. I've the names of these words in English but cannot seem to think of any single chinese character to describe them properly.
Below are the English words with their dictionary explanation :
1) Undead - One who returns to life after death
2) Cynical - One who believes in the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in others
Now, I need someone to use a chinese character(just one character) for each of the two terms above to substitute them. The single character doesn't need to have an exact meaning; a distant or rough meaning will do nicely.
For example, the word "manly" can be substitued by the 雄 character.
The word "extreme" can be substitued by the 狂 character.
I've thought of substituting the word "undead" with the 末死 character, but it sounds very un-cool and silly. I've thought of substituting the word "cynical" with the 傲 character, but it's like too common.
Thanks for any advice!
Nikar.