( 错误 ) wrong ⇒ 是非 shìfēi → right and wrong

crack down on illegal publications

simply

( 对与错 ) right and wrong ⇒ 他不辨是非。 Tā bù biàn shìfēi. → He can't tell the difference between right and wrong.

if not ⇒ 若非众人相助,哪有他的今天？ Ruòfēi zhòngrén xiāngzhù, nǎ yǒu tā de jīntiān? → If it wasn't for everybody's help, where would he be today?

⇒ 莫非那对恋人分手了？ Mòfēi nà duì liànrén fēnshǒu le? → Can it be that the couple have split up? ⇒ 莫非老板要给我加工资？ Mòfēi lǎobǎn yào gěi wǒ jiā gōngzī? → Is it possible that the boss is going to give me a pay rise?

unless ⇒ 除非天下雨,我通常晚饭后出去散步。 Chúfēi tiān xiàyǔ, wǒ tōngcháng wǎnfàn hòu chūqù sànbù. → Unless it's raining, I normally go for a walk after dinner. ⇒ 除非他要我去,否则我不去。 Chúfēi tā yào wǒ qù, fǒuzé wǒ bù qù. → I won't go unless he wants me to.

inhuman

( 非典型性肺炎 ) SARS

outstanding

inappropriate

exceptional

illegal

Africa

impolite

reproach

censure

nonmetal

take off on a flight of fancy ⇒ 读小说时,她经常想入非非,把自己当成书中的主人公。 Dú xiǎoshuō shí, tā jīngcháng xiǎng rù fēi fēi, bà zìjǐ dāngchéng shū zhōng de zhǔréngōng. → When reading novels, she often takes off on a flight of fancy where she becomes the protagonist in the book.

be neither one thing nor the other

commit all kinds of crimes

specious ⇒ 他的推理似是而非。 Tā de tuīlǐ sì shì ér fēi. → His reasoning is specious.

not say what one means ⇒ 口是心非的人很令人厌恶。 Kǒu shì xīn fēi de rén hěn lìng rén yànwù. → People hate it when you don't say what you mean.

not know whether to laugh or cry

stir up trouble

make a fuss about nothing

give no cause for criticism ⇒ 她虽有点儿私心,但也无可厚非。 Tā suī yǒudiǎnr sīxīn, dàn yě wú kě hòu fēi. → Although she was a little selfish, that was no cause for criticism.

die a violent death

make a clean break with the past

run amok

no small matter