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似是而非 (ci5 si6 ji4 fei1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

似是而非 (ci5 si6 ji4 fei1, sì shì ér fēi) — apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 似層層 (ci5 cang4 cang4) — it seems to be true, real
• 似模似樣 (ci5 mou4 ci5 joeng6) — (adjective) alike; (slang) someone does a pretty good job for a task; to look t…
• 似樣 (ci5 joeng2) — (adjective) (of human look) look like; look similar; resemblance; (of work) dec…
• 似水流年 (ci5 seoi2 lau4 nin4) — Time goes by fast, just like the swiftly water flow
• 似足 (ci5 zuk1) — alike; similar (spoken)
• 似 (ci5) — seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sìde]; to resemble

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