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是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
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lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits;
pros and cons
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无可非议
wú kě fēi yì
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irreproachable (idiom);
nothing blameworthy about it at all
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非难
fēi nàn
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reproof;
blame
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啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
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lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom);
between laughter and tears
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非亲非故
fēi qīn fēi gù
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lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom);
fig. unrelated to one another in any way
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官非
guān fēi
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lawsuit (from Cantonese)
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索非亚
suǒ fēi yà
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Sofia, capital of Bulgaria
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混淆是非
hùn xiáo shì fēi
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to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
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非金属
fēi jīn shǔ
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nonmetal (chemistry)
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扫黄打非
sǎo huáng dǎ fēi
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to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
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非分
fēi fèn
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improper;
presumptuous;
assuming;
overstepping one's bounds;
also written 非份[fei1 fen4]
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非独
fēi dú
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not only;
not merely
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不到长城非好汉
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
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lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
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不到長城非好漢
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
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lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
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並非
bìng fēi
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really isn't
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中非共和国
zhōng fēi gòng hé guó
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Central African Republic
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中非共和國
zhōng fēi gòng hé guó
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Central African Republic
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亚非拉
yà fēi lā
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Asia, Africa and Latin America
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亞非拉
yà fēi lā
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Asia, Africa and Latin America
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人非生而知之者，孰能无惑
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě ， shú néng wú huò
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Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?;
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
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人非生而知之者，孰能無惑
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě ， shú néng wú huò
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Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?;
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
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似懂非懂
sì dǒng fēi dǒng
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to not really understand;
to half-understand
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似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
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like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
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来而不往非礼也
lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě
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not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical);
to respond in kind
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來而不往非禮也
lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě
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not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical);
to respond in kind
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