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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
only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless
HSK 5
right and wrong / quarrel
HSK 7-9
really isn't
HSK 7-9
can it be possible that / could it be
HSK 7-9
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
only / nothing else
HSK 7-9
nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
abbr. for 非洲, Africa
China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)
South Africa / Southern Africa
North Africa
West Africa
absolutely not
East Africa
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)
were it not for / if not for
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
to stir up trouble
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable
wouldn't it be ... ?
variant of 惹是生非
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
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
Santa Fe
lawsuit (from Cantonese)
to look for trouble
to stir up trouble / to provoke angry exchange
Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
to make trouble out of nothing
(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead


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