"人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: jan⁴ m⁴ ci⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ ci⁵ gwai² [Cantonese, Jyutping], yàhn m̀h chíh yàhn, gwái m̀h chíh gwái [Cantonese, Yale], jan⁴ m⁴ tsi⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ tsi⁵ gwai² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yen⁴ m⁴ qi⁵ yen⁴, guei² m⁴ qi⁵ guei² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼
  1. (Cantonese) pure misery Tags: Cantonese, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼-zh-phrase-0wZg2olv Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (Cantonese) ghastly Tags: Cantonese, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-人唔似人,鬼唔似鬼-zh-phrase-YXJlgsfV Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 人不像人,鬼不像鬼 (guǐ bù xiàng guǐ), 人不像人,鬼不像鬼 (rén bù xiàng rén, guǐ bù xiàng guǐ)
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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": "jan⁴ m⁴ ci⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ ci⁵ gwai²"
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      "zh-pron": "yàhn m̀h chíh yàhn, gwái m̀h chíh gwái"
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      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ m⁴ tsi⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ tsi⁵ gwai²"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen⁴ m⁴ qi⁵ yen⁴, guei² m⁴ qi⁵ guei²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/"
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      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ m⁴ ci⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ ci⁵ gwai²"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "yàhn m̀h chíh yàhn, gwái m̀h chíh gwái"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "jan⁴ m⁴ tsi⁵ jan⁴, gwai² m⁴ tsi⁵ gwai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "yen⁴ m⁴ qi⁵ yen⁴, guei² m⁴ qi⁵ guei²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/",
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