似是而非

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

see 似的[shi4 de5]

to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than

old variant of 似[si4]

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must