( 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.
若非
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
⇒ 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?
除非
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.
非人
inhuman
非典
( 非典型性肺炎 ) SARS
非凡
outstanding
非分
inappropriate
非常
exceptional
非法
illegal
非洲
Africa
非礼
impolite
非议
reproach
非难
censure
非金属
nonmetal
想入非非
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.
非驴非马
be neither one thing nor the other
为非作歹
commit all kinds of crimes
似是而非
specious ⇒ 他的推理似是而非。 Tā de tuīlǐ sì shì ér fēi. → His reasoning is specious.
口是心非
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.
啼笑皆非
not know whether to laugh or cry
惹是生非
stir up trouble
无事生非
make a fuss about nothing
无可厚非
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.
死于非命
die a violent death
痛改前非
make a clean break with the past
胡作非为
run amok
非同小可
no small matter
English translation of '非 ... 非 ... '
非 ... 非 ...
(fēi ... fēi ... )
连
neither ... nor ...
⇒ 非亲非故 (fēi qīn fēi gù) neither a relative nor a friend