非此即彼
fēi cǐ jí bǐ
Pinyin
Definition
非此即彼
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- either this or that
- one or the other
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 namely
- 2 that is
- 3 i.e.
- 4 prompt
- 5 at once
- 6 at present
- 7 even if
- 8 prompted (by the occasion)
- 9 to approach
- 10 to come into contact
- 11 to assume (office)
- 12 to draw near
- 1 even if
- 2 even though
- 1 on the eve of
- 2 to be about to
- 3 to be on the verge of
- 1 in this way
- 2 so
- 1 each other
- 2 one another
Idioms (20)
一拍即合
- 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- 2 to hit it off
- 3 to click together
- 4 to chime in easily
一蹴即至
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight
不分彼此
- 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
- 2 to share everything
- 3 to be on very intimate terms
今非昔比
- 1 things are very different now (idiom)
- 2 times have changed
似是而非
- 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)