人不像人,鬼不像鬼
Chinese
man; person; people not; no (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seemman; person; people ghost; sly; crafty not; no (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seemghost; sly; crafty simp. and trad.
(人不像人,鬼不像鬼)人 不 像 人 , 鬼 不 像 鬼 Literally: “(A place or circumstance where) people do not resemble people, and ghosts do not resemble ghosts”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
人不像人,鬼不像鬼
- pure misery
- 我過了四年人不像人鬼不像鬼的生活。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒ guò le sì nián rénbùxiàngrén guǐbùxiàngguǐ de shēnghuó. [Pinyin]
- For four years, I lived a life of pure misery.
我过了四年人不像人鬼不像鬼的生活。 [MSC, simp.]
- ghastly
- 別支持人不像人鬼不像鬼的勞退金新制。 [MSC, trad.]
- Bié zhīchí rénbùxiàngrén guǐbùxiàngguǐ de láotuìjīn xīnzhì. [Pinyin]
- Don't support the new ghastly labor retirement system.
别支持人不像人鬼不像鬼的劳退金新制。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼 (jan4 m4 ci5 jan4, gwai2 m4 ci5 gwai2)