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specious; plausible; apparently right but actually wrong; seeming (to be) right/reasonable but not so in fact

sì shì ér fēi

似 是 而 非

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derogspecious; plausible; apparently right but actually wrong; seeming (to be) right/reasonable but not so in fact
- zhè xiē huà háo wú gēn jù sì shì ér fēi
  这些话毫无根据，似是而非。
  Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
- sì shì ér fēi de lùn diǎn
  似是而非的论点
  a specious argument

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