fēi
to not be
not
wrong
incorrect
non-
un-
in-
to reproach or blame
(colloquial) to insist on
simply must
Fēi
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi cháng
very
very much
unusual
extraordinary
fēi yíng lì
non-profit
not for profit
chú fēi
only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
only when
only in the case that
unless
miàn mù quán fēi
nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
tí xiào jiē fēi
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
between laughter and tears
wú kě hòu fēi
see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
Fēi zhōu
Africa
abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
fēi lǐ
rudeness
insolence
impropriety
harassment
molestation
indecent assault
fēi fán
out of the ordinary
unusually (good, talented etc)
mò fēi
can it be possible that
could it be
sì shì ér fēi
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
ruò fēi
were it not for
if not for
fēi cháng gǎn xiè
extremely grateful
very thankful
fēi diǎn
atypical pneumonia
Severe Acute Respitory Syndrome
SARS
fēi yào
to want absolutely
to insist on (doing something)
fēi biāo zhǔn
nonstandard
unconventional
fēi fèn
improper
presumptuous
assuming
overstepping one's bounds
also written 非份[fei1 fen4]
Zhōng Fēi
China-Africa (relations)
Central Africa
Central African Republic
fēi rén
not the right person (literary)
inhuman
fēi zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī
non-governmental organization (NGO)
wù shì rén fēi
things have remained the same, but people have changed
jīn fēi xī bǐ
things are very different now (idiom)
times have changed
kǒu shì xīn fēi
lit. mouth says yes, heart no (idiom); duplicity
empty words
fēi tóng xiǎo kě
extremely important
no small matter
sì xiào fēi xiào
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
fēi píng héng
non-equilibrium
disequilibrium
unbalance
dá fēi suǒ wèn
to answer beside the point
irrelevant answer
sì dǒng fēi dǒng
to not really understand
to half-understand
Hán Fēi
Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3] (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Hán Fēi zǐ
Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
míng biàn shì fēi
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán
atypical pneumonia
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SARS
hú zuò fēi wéi
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
sǐ yú fēi mìng
violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
an unnatural death
Suǒ fēi yà
Sofia, capital of Bulgaria
ān fēi tā mìng
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
wéi fēi zuò dǎi
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
evildoer
to perpetrate outrages
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
shì fēi qū zhí
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
pros and cons
Fēi Méng
African Union (AU), abbr. for 非洲聯盟|非洲联盟
fēi hūn shēng
born out of wedlock
illegitimate
wú shì shēng fēi
to make trouble out of nothing
fēi xiàn xìng guāng xué
nonlinear optics (physics)
diān dǎo shì fēi
to invert right and wrong
tòng gǎi qián fēi
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
a reformed character
bān nòng shì fēi
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
to tell tales
to make mischief
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
fēi zōng jiào
secular (society)
non-religious (party)
shì fēi bù fēn
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
fēi fǎ dìng
non-statutory
non-governmental
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
fēi zhì mìng
not fatal
not life-threatening (medical condition)
fēi mìng
violent death
killed in a disaster
fēi fèn
improper
presumptuous
assuming
overstepping one's bounds
also written 非分[fei1 fen4]
hùn xiáo shì fēi
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
fēi fù shù
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
shì fēi fēn míng
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
Fēi zhōu
Africa (common misprint for 非洲)
Sū fēi
Sufi (Islamic mystic)
Sufism
Fēi sī
Fes (third largest city of Morocco)
Dōng Fēi dà liè gǔ
Great East African rift valley
yuǎn fēi rú cǐ
far from it being so (idiom)
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī
not-for-profit organization
Lún dūn dà xué yà fēi xué yuàn
London university school of Oriental and African languages (SOAS)
fēi lǘ fēi mǎ
neither fish nor fowl
resembling nothing on earth
Fēi lì shì
Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
jī fēi chéng shì
a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
Shèng Suǒ fēi yà
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
tiǎo bō shì fēi
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
to tell tales
to make mischief
Lǐ Gé fēi
Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
Fēi guó dà
African National Congress, ANC
abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会[Fei1 zhou1 ren2 guo2 min2 da4 hui4]
Fēi zhōu rén guó mín dà huì
African National Congress, ANC
Fēi zhōu Tǒng yī Zǔ zhī
Organization of African Unity
Shèng Suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
wèi kě hòu fēi
not to be censured too strictly (idiom)
not altogether inexcusable
understandable
fēi yīn
(ling) unstressed (syllable)
qí dà fēi ǒu
variant of 齊大非偶|齐大非偶[qi2 da4 fei1 ou3]
shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom)
Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
fēi wēi rǎo
non-perturbative (physics)
fēi zhèng shù
a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
qí dà fēi ǒu
too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)
Sū fēi zhǔ yì
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
Sà fēi wáng cháo
Persian Safavid dynasty 1501-1722
fēi tóng bù chuán shū mó shì
asynchronous transfer mode
ATM
fēi xiāng duì lùn xìng
non-relativistic (physics)
fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng
sleeping sickness
African trypanosomiasis
shì fēi mò biàn
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
fēi yì rén rèn
to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)
Fēi zhōu dà liè gǔ
Great East African rift valley
jīn qián fēi wàn néng
money is not omnipotent
money isn't everything
money can't buy you love
Dōng Fēi dà dì qiàn
Great East African rift valley
fēi hé wǔ qì guó jiā
non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
liáo shì shēng fēi
to stir up trouble
to provoke angry exchange
fēi dū huì jùn
non-metropolitan county (England)
fēi gàng gǎn huà
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
bù shì fēi jì
zebra tilapia
Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology)
Fēi lì shì zú
Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
Fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL
fēi děi
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
fēi dǎo tǐ
nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)
fēi fù jí guì
wealthy and respectable people
fēi fù zé guì
see 非富即貴|非富即贵[fei1 fu4 ji2 gui4]
fēi tiáo jiàn fǎn shè
unconditioned reflex (physiology)
fēi cǐ jí bǐ
either this or that
one or the other
Fēi sǐ bù kě
Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
fēi lǘ fēi mǎ
neither fish nor fowl
resembling nothing on earth
fēi qīn fēi gù
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)
fig. unrelated to one another in any way
Fēi wù zhì Wén huà Yí chǎn
(UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
Fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng
sleeping sickness
African trypanosomiasis
fēi nǐ mò shǔ
it's yours exclusively (idiom)
you are the one
only you deserve it
only you can do it
shuāng fēi
a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
rě shì shēng fēi
variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]
dān fēi
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
Lún dūn Dà xué Yà Fēi Xué yuàn
London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
to respond in kind
Yà Fēi Lā
Asia, Africa and Latin America
sǎo huáng dǎ fēi
to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
Ā fēi lì jiā Zhōu
Africa
abbr. to 非洲[Fei1 zhou1]
xī dì nà fēi
sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)
Sà fēi Wáng cháo
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào
one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
wén guò shì fēi
to cover up one's faults (idiom)
to whitewash
bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal