非 fēi

1. fēi adverb not; non-; un-
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 不; the pattern 非…不… is a pattern of double negation commonly used to emphasize a point (Guoyu '非' adv)
2. fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. fēi adjective wrong; bad; untruthful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1)
4. fēi adjective different
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2)
5. fēi verb to not be; to not have
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Negative copula used in noun predication in literary Chinese, in the sense of 不是 (Guoyu '非' v 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 106). For example, 非我也，歲也。'It is not owing to me; it is owing to the year.' (Mengzi 1.3/2/8, translation by Legge)
6. fēi verb to violate; to be contrary to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反对 (Guoyu '非' v 2)
7. fēi proper noun Africa
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2)
8. fēi verb to slander
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2)
9. fěi verb to avoid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi)
10. fēi verb must
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense.
11. fēi noun an error
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1)
12. fēi noun a problem; a question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense.
13. fēi noun evil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1)
14. fēi preposition besides; except; unless
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Synonymous with 除了 in this sense. 非 in this sense acts in a subordinating function in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 154).

Contained in

• 非洲锥虫病(非洲錐蟲病) sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
• 啼笑皆非 not to know whether to laugh or cry; between laughter and tears
• 非核武器国家(非核武器國家) non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
• 非常高 extremely high
• 非导体(非導體) nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)
• 非同小可 extremely important; no small matter
• 生非作歹 to break the law and commit evil
• 痛改前非 completely correcting one's former misdeeds; to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
• 有仇不报非君子(有仇不報非君子) a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score
• 是非之地 trouble spot; sketchy area
• 非礼(非禮) rudeness; insolence; impropriety; harassment; molestation; indecent assault
• 非均质(非均質) inhomogeneous
• 非常多 much; very many
• 非平衡 non-equilibrium; disequilibrium; unbalance
• 非得 must
• 非政府 non-governmental
• 非对称(非對稱) asymmetric
• 似懂非懂 to not really understand; to half-understand
• 非独(非獨) not only; not merely
• 非洲人 African (person)
• 非党人士(非黨人士) non-party member
• 非难(非難) to reproof; to blame
• 非常手段 an emergency measure
• 非盈利 non-profit
• 非核化 denuclearization
• 非宗教 secular (society); non-religious (party)
• 非一日之功 cannot be done in one day; will take much time and effort to accomplish
• 非死不可 Facebook
• 若非 were it not for; if not for
• 非利士族 Philistine
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that
• 非层状(非層狀) unstratified
• 非意识(非意識) nonconscious
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 并非(並非) really is not
• 非线性(非線性) nonlinear
• 非同步传输模式(非同步傳輸模式) asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
• 非预谋(非預謀) unpremeditated
• 非政府团体(非政府團體) Non-Governmental Organization
• 亚非拉(亞非拉) Asia, Africa and Latin America
• 口是心非 duplicity; hypocrisy
• 非危不战(非危不戰) do not fight unless it is critical
• 似是而非 specious; seemingly so but not so
• 岂非(豈非) How could it be anything else?
• 非份 improper; presumptuous; assuming; overstepping one's bounds
• 非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
• 非必要 inessential; unnecessary
• 是非莫辨 unable to distinguish right and wrong
• 非洲界 Afrotropical realm

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阿非利加洲 、 圣大非

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• 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 52
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• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 50
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