See 人不像人，鬼不像鬼 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "(A place or circumstance where) people do not resemble people, and ghosts do not resemble ghosts",
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"zh-pron": "rén bù xiàng rén, guǐ bù xiàng guǐ"
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"zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
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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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"zh-pron": "rén bù siàng rén, guěi bù siàng guěi"
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"zh-pron": "jên² pu⁴ hsiang⁴ jên², kuei³ pu⁴ hsiang⁴ kuei³"
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"zh-pron": "rén bù syàng rén-, gwěi bù syàng gwěi"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "ren bu shianq ren, goei bu shianq goei"
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"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "жэнь бу сян жэнь"
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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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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
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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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"zh-pron": "rén bù siàng rén, guěi bù siàng guěi"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "jên² pu⁴ hsiang⁴ jên², kuei³ pu⁴ hsiang⁴ kuei³"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "rén bù syàng rén-, gwěi bù syàng gwěi"
},
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"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
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"zh-pron": "ren bu shianq ren, goei bu shianq goei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "жэнь бу сян жэнь"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "гуй бу сян гуй"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "žɛnʹ bu sjan žɛnʹ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
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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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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"roman": "jan4 m4 ci5 jan4, gwai2 m4 ci5 gwai2",
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"word": "人不像人，鬼不像鬼"
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