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to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble |
be; yes; this
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and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
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Pronunciation
Idiom
似是而非
- seemingly so, but not really; appears right, but in fact wrong; specious
世多似是而非，虛偽類真，故杜伯、莊子義之語，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
世多似是而非，虚伪类真，故杜伯、庄子义之语，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version
- Shì duō sìshì'érfēi, xūwěi lèizhēn, gù Dùbó, Zhuāng Zǐyì zhī yǔ, wǎngwǎng ér cún.
- In the world many things seem real, which are not; and there are many falsehoods, which are taken for truths. Thus the stories of Dubo and Zhuang Ziyi have been handed down.
這些話，講起來好像有道理，實際上是毫無根據、似是而非的空談。 [MSC, trad.]
这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhèxiē huà, jiǎng qǐlai hǎoxiàng yǒu dàolǐ, shíjìshàng shì háowú gēnjù, sìshì'érfēi de kōngtán.
- Such remarks, however plausible, are actually groundless and specious empty talk.