似是而非

sì shì ér fēi

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

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似shìresembling, similar to; as if, to seem亻以是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay日疋而érand, and then, and yet; but 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose