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1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

非

Fēi

1 abbr. for 非洲[Fēi zhōu], Africa

Idioms (20)

中西合璧

Zhōng Xī hé bì

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

今非昔比

jīn fēi xī bǐ

1 things are very different now (idiom)
2 times have changed

似是而非

sì shì ér fēi

1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

似笑非笑

sì xiào fēi xiào

1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

Sample Sentences

在辽阔的非洲大陆上，流淌着三条伟大的河流。它们是位于非洲东部与北部的尼罗河，中非地区的刚果河，以及西非地区的尼日尔河。

zài liáokuò de fēizhōu dàlù shàng ，liútǎng zhe sān tiáo wěidà de héliú 。tāmen shì wèiyú fēizhōu dōngbù yǔ běibù de Níluóhé ，zhōngfēidìqū de Gāngguǒ hé ，yǐjí xīfēi dìqū de Nírìěr hé 。

On the vast continent of Africa, three mighty rivers flow. In Eastern and Northern Africa lies the Nile; in Central Africa, the Congo; and in Western Africa, the Niger.

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