是非曲直 — Chinese idiom
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
Meaning
- lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight ; fig. merits and demerits
- pros and cons
Character by character
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 曲qūcrooked, bent; wrong, false
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
Idioms sharing a character
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
- 各行其是 gè xíng qí shì
- 唯利是图 wéi lì shì tú
- 如是我闻 rú shì wǒ wén
- 实事求是 shí shì qiú shì
- 挑拨是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi
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