非鴉非鳳
fēi​yā​fēi​fèng

neither fish nor fowl

  • created sense approved 非鸦非凤/非鴉非鳳 · fēi​yā​fēi​fèng · neither fish nor fowl — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    非鸦非凤 / 非鴉非鳳

    fēi​yā​fēi​fèng

    neither fish nor fowl

    neither a crow nor a phoenix; describe something that is nondescript or of an indeterminate nature

    非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · not be 鸦 (literal) → 鸦/鴉 · yā · crow 非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · not be 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense