人不人，鬼不鬼人不人，鬼不鬼人不人，鬼不鬼

not human, not ghost

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Meaning: Describes someone who looks strange or grotesque, or who is in a wretched, miserable plight. Critical or pitying. Similar to 'neither fish nor fowl' only in the sense of being neither one thing nor another.

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Simplified: 人不人，鬼不鬼
Pinyin: rén bù rén, guǐ bù guǐ
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ，ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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