是非莫辨

Mandarin · pinyin shì fēi mò biàn

Meanings

  1. unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
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是
shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
非
fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
莫
mò · do not, is not, can not; negative
辨
biàn · distinguish, discriminate
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4–1–4–4 · shi4 fei1 mo4 bian4

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si6 fei1 mok6 bin6

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