非亲非故
fēi qīn fēi gù
Pinyin

Definition

非亲非故
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fēi qīn fēi gù
  1. lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)
  2. fig. unrelated to one another in any way

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
非
Fēi
  1. 1 abbr. for 非洲[Fēi zhōu], Africa
非常
fēi cháng
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 very much
  3. 3 unusual
  4. 4 extraordinary
一见如故
yī jiàn rú gù
  1. 1 familiarity at first sight
世故
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
北非
Běi Fēi
  1. 1 North Africa
南非
Nán fēi
  1. 1 South Africa
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
  1. 1 duplicity
  2. 2 hypocrisy (idiom)
如故
rú gù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as usual
  3. 3 (to be) like old friends
故
gù
  1. 1 happening
  2. 2 instance
  3. 3 reason
  4. 4 cause
  5. 5 intentional
  6. 6 former
  7. 7 old
  8. 8 friend
  9. 9 therefore
  10. 10 hence
  11. 11 (of people) to die, dead
故人
gù rén
  1. 1 old friend
  2. 2 the deceased
故作
gù zuò
  1. 1 to pretend
  2. 2 to feign
故地
gù dì
  1. 1 once familiar places
  2. 2 former haunts
故宫
Gù gōng
  1. 1 the Forbidden City
  2. 2 abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn]
故居
gù jū
  1. 1 former residence
故意
gù yì
  1. 1 deliberately
  2. 2 on purpose
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
故障
gù zhàng
  1. 1 malfunction
  2. 2 breakdown
  3. 3 defect
  4. 4 shortcoming
  5. 5 fault
  6. 6 failure
  7. 7 impediment
  8. 8 error
  9. 9 bug (in software)
是非
shì fēi
  1. 1 right and wrong
  2. 2 quarrel

Idioms (20)

一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
  1. 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
  1. 1 duplicity
  2. 2 hypocrisy (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
  1. 1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
攀亲道故
pān qīn dào gù
  1. 1 to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
  1. 1 to cover up one's faults (idiom)
  2. 2 to whitewash

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