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very; really / unusual; extraordinary
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
HSK 4
right and wrong / quarrel
HSK 7-9
can it be possible that / could it be
HSK 7-9
only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless
HSK 5
East African Rift Valley
asynchronous
China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
South Africa / Southern Africa
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
really isn't
HSK 7-9
non-nuclear
African (person)
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
only / nothing else
HSK 7-9
irregular; disordered
East Africa
(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
non-governmental organization (NGO)
were it not for / if not for
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
abbr. for 非洲, Africa
Asia, Africa and Latin America
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
much / very many
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
non-party
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
African Union
trouble spot / sketchy area
absolutely not
extremely grateful; very thankful
amphetamine (loanword)
HSK 7-9
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
dehumanization
not only
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
HSK 7-9
to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
inhuman / (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
non-fiction
non-governmental
(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death
of African descent
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
unofficial; informal
that is true
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
nonprofit / not for profit
abnormal / irregular
to stir up trouble
to stir up trouble
East African Community
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
unstratified
an emergency measure
(of a medical condition) not fatal; not life-threatening
unpremeditated
nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
HSK 7-9
North Africa
to not really understand / to half-understand
irreproachable (idiom) / nothing blameworthy about it at all
Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
(idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively
to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
demilitarized zone
to look for trouble
secular (society) / non-religious (party)
unbalance / disequilibrium
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
to make trouble out of nothing
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
unnatural / occult
extremely important / no small matter
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
non-equilibrium / disequilibrium / unbalance
non-numeric
East African Rift Valley
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
nonmetal (chemistry)
improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分

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