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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
China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
South Africa / Southern Africa
really isn't
HSK 7-9
only / nothing else
HSK 7-9
East Africa
(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
were it not for / if not for
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
abbr. for 非洲, Africa
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
absolutely not
HSK 7-9
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to stir up trouble
to stir up trouble
nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
HSK 7-9
North Africa
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
to look for trouble
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
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
wouldn't it be ... ?
duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
to stir up trouble / to provoke angry exchange
West Africa
Santa Fe
lawsuit (from Cantonese)
sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable
variant of 惹是生非


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