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四不像

Mandarin · pinyin sì bù xiàng

common name for 麋鹿 mí lù, Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse
an odd mixture of disparate elements
hodgepodge
farrago

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(informal) Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
(Northeastern Mandarin) moose (Alces alces)
(Northeastern Mandarin) reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
(Southern China) serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)
something that resembles many other things partly, but none of them as a whole; mixture; neither fish nor fowl