sì shì ér fēi

HSK 7–9

似是而非 (sì shì ér fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

Characters in 似是而非

似shì · used in 似的[shi4 de5]是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)而ér · and非fēi · to not be; not

Related words

是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]但是but; however是的yes, that's right而and就是exactly; precisely非常very; really只是merely; only; just; nothing but还是still (as before)而且(not only ...) but also可是but; however真是indeed; truly

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