"人不像人,鬼不像鬼" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: rén bù xiàng rén, guǐ bù xiàng guǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], rén bù xiàng rén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], guǐ bù xiàng guǐ [Phonetic:rén bú xiàng rén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], guǐ bú xiàng guǐ] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], rén bù siàng rén, guěi bù siàng guěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], jên² pu⁴ hsiang⁴ jên², kuei³ pu⁴ hsiang⁴ kuei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], rén bù syàng rén-, gwěi bù syàng gwěi [Mandarin, Yale], ren bu shianq ren, goei bu shianq goei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], жэнь бу сян жэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], гуй бу сян гуй [Mandarin, Palladius], žɛnʹ bu sjan žɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], guj bu sjan guj [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 人不像人,鬼不像鬼
  1. pure misery Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-人不像人,鬼不像鬼-zh-phrase-0wZg2olv Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. ghastly Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-人不像人,鬼不像鬼-zh-phrase-YXJlgsfV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼 (jan4 m4 ci5 jan4, gwai2 m4 ci5 gwai2) [Cantonese]

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      "zh-pron": "rén bù xiàng rén"
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      "zh-pron": "guǐ bú xiàng guǐ]"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "jên² pu⁴ hsiang⁴ jên², kuei³ pu⁴ hsiang⁴ kuei³"
    },
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "rén bù syàng rén-, gwěi bù syàng gwěi"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "ren bu shianq ren, goei bu shianq goei"
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      "zh-pron": "жэнь бу сян жэнь"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "гуй бу сян гуй"
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      "zh-pron": "žɛnʹ bu sjan žɛnʹ"
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      "zh-pron": "guj bu sjan guj"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ"
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      "zh-pron": "rén bù xiàng rén"
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      "zh-pron": "guǐ bù xiàng guǐ [Phonetic:rén bú xiàng rén"
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      "zh-pron": "guǐ bú xiàng guǐ]"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "jên² pu⁴ hsiang⁴ jên², kuei³ pu⁴ hsiang⁴ kuei³"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "ren bu shianq ren, goei bu shianq goei"
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      "zh-pron": "жэнь бу сян жэнь"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "гуй бу сян гуй"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "žɛnʹ bu sjan žɛnʹ"
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      "zh-pron": "guj bu sjan guj"
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      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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