"似是而非" meaning in Chinese

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          "english": "In the world many things seem real, which are not; and there are many falsehoods, which are taken for truths. Thus the stories of Dubo and Zhuang Ziyi have been handed down.",
          "ref": "世多似是而非，虛偽類真，故杜伯、莊子義之語，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "世多似是而非，虚伪类真，故杜伯、庄子义之语，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version\nShì duō sìshì'érfēi, xūwěi lèizhēn, gù Dùbó, Zhuāng Zǐyì zhī yǔ, wǎngwǎng ér cún. [Pinyin]",
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          "english": "Such remarks, however plausible, are actually groundless and specious empty talk.",
          "ref": "這些話，講起來好像有道理，實際上是毫無根據、似是而非的空談。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nZhèxiē huà, jiǎng qǐlai hǎoxiàng yǒu dàolǐ, shíjìshàng shì háowú gēnjù, sìshì'érfēi de kōngtán. [Pinyin]",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seemingly so, but not really; appears right, but in fact wrong; specious"
      ],
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          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
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        [
          "so",
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          "specious",
          "specious"
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      "zh-pron": "sìshì'érfēi"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙˋ ㄕˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ci⁵ si⁶ ji⁴ fei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìshì'érfēi"
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      "zh-pron": "sìhshìh-érfei"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "ssŭ⁴-shih⁴-êrh²-fei¹"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "sz̀-shr̀-ér-fēi"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "syhshyherlfei"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сышиэрфэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syšierfɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chíh sih yìh fēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi⁵ si⁶ ji⁴ fei¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qi⁵ xi⁶ yi⁴ féi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ siː²² jiː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ siː²² jiː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "似是而非"
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        {
          "english": "In the world many things seem real, which are not; and there are many falsehoods, which are taken for truths. Thus the stories of Dubo and Zhuang Ziyi have been handed down.",
          "ref": "世多似是而非，虛偽類真，故杜伯、莊子義之語，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "世多似是而非，虚伪类真，故杜伯、庄子义之语，往往而存。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version\nShì duō sìshì'érfēi, xūwěi lèizhēn, gù Dùbó, Zhuāng Zǐyì zhī yǔ, wǎngwǎng ér cún. [Pinyin]",
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        {
          "english": "Such remarks, however plausible, are actually groundless and specious empty talk.",
          "ref": "這些話，講起來好像有道理，實際上是毫無根據、似是而非的空談。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nZhèxiē huà, jiǎng qǐlai hǎoxiàng yǒu dàolǐ, shíjìshàng shì háowú gēnjù, sìshì'érfēi de kōngtán. [Pinyin]",
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        "seemingly so, but not really; appears right, but in fact wrong; specious"
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          "so",
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      "zh-pron": "sìshì'érfēi"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄙˋ ㄕˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "ci⁵ si⁶ ji⁴ fei¹"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "sìshì'érfēi"
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      "zh-pron": "sìhshìh-érfei"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "ssŭ⁴-shih⁴-êrh²-fei¹"
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      "zh-pron": "sz̀-shr̀-ér-fēi"
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      "zh-pron": "syhshyherlfei"
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      "zh-pron": "сышиэрфэй"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "chíh sih yìh fēi"
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "tsi⁵ si⁶ ji⁴ fei¹"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "qi⁵ xi⁶ yi⁴ féi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ siː²² jiː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
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    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː¹³ siː²² jiː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "似是而非"
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