人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼
Chinese
| man; person; people | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble |
man; person; people | ghost; sly; crafty | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble |
ghost; sly; crafty | |||
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| trad. (人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼) | 人 | 唔 | 似 | 人 | ， | 鬼 | 唔 | 似 | 鬼 | |
| simp. #(人唔似人，鬼唔似鬼) | 人 | 唔 | 似 | 人 | ， | 鬼 | 唔 | 似 | 鬼 | |
| Literally: “(A place or circumstance where) people do not resemble people, and ghosts do not resemble ghosts”. | ||||||||||
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- 人不像人，鬼不像鬼 (rén bù xiàng rén, guǐ bù xiàng guǐ)
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