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似是而非
 
En
sì shì ér fēi
  • apparently right but actually wrong
  • specious (idiom)

似是而非 sì shì ér fēi

似是而非
1 语本《孟子.尽心下》:「恶似而非者。」表面相似而实际上却不然。汉.王充《论衡.死伪》:「世多似是而非,虚伪类真,故杜伯、庄子义之语,往往而存。」《后汉书.卷三.肃宗孝章帝纪》:「夫俗吏矫饰外貌,似是而非,揆之人事则悦耳,论之阴阳则伤化。」

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