Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「非驢非馬」 below.
Today’s idiom is 「非驢非馬」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Neither a donkey nor a horse. A metaphor for being neither fish nor fowl and resembling nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēi lǘ fēi mǎ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fei1 lou4 fei1 ma5
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