似是而非

Traditional form:

似是而非

Pinyin (reading):

sìshì'érfēi

Definitions:

• apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

Characters:

• 似 - resembling, similar to; as if, to seem
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose

Traditional characters:

• 似 - resembling, similar to; as if, to seem
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose