形似

xíng sì shí fēi

形似实非

be simi-lar in form but different in kind

huì huà bù jǐn yāo qiú xíng sì ér qiě yāo qiú shén sì

绘画不仅要求形似，而且要求神似。

Painters aim at a likeness not only in appearance, but also in spirit.

sù rén xiàng chú le xíng sì gèng yào shén sì

塑人像除了形似，更要神似。

In sculpting human figures, besides likeness in form, resonance is what matters.

měi zhī hòu jiǎo shang yǒu xíng sì shū zi de gāng máo zhī zhū

每只后脚上有形似梳子的刚毛蜘蛛。

Spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot.

yīng hàn liǎng zhǒng yǔ yán zhī jiān de zhǒng zhǒng chā yì shǐ de zài dà duō qíng kuàng xia xíng sì hé shén sì bù kě liǎng quán

英汉两种语言之间的种种差异使得在大多情况下，形似和神似不可两全。

The great differences between English and Chinese make it impossible to obtain both form similarity and spirit similarity in most cases.