非此即彼
fēi cǐ jí bǐ
Pinyin

Definition

非此即彼
 - 
fēi cǐ jí bǐ
  1. either this or that
  2. one or the other

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 namely
  2. 2 that is
  3. 3 i.e.
  4. 4 prompt
  5. 5 at once
  6. 6 at present
  7. 7 even if
  8. 8 prompted (by the occasion)
  9. 9 to approach
  10. 10 to come into contact
  11. 11 to assume (office)
  12. 12 to draw near
jí shǐ
  1. 1 even if
  2. 2 even though
jí jiāng
  1. 1 on the eve of
  2. 2 to be about to
  3. 3 to be on the verge of
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 one another

Idioms (20)

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
一蹴即至
yī cù jí zhì
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. 2 to share everything
  3. 3 to be on very intimate terms
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
  1. 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)