亦非

yìfēi

phrase #23,450

Meanings

HSK 7-9

此事既非对，亦非错，难以评断。

Cǐshì jì fēi duì, yì fēi cuò, nányǐ píngduàn.

This matter is neither right nor wrong - it is difficult to judge.

HSK 7-9

他不是坏人，亦非好人，只是平凡之人。

Tā búshì huàirén, yì fēi hǎorén, zhǐshì píngfán zhī rén.

He is not a bad person, nor a good one - just an ordinary person.

亦非 is classical/literary. In everyday modern Chinese, use 也不是 instead. You will encounter 亦非 in formal writing, poetry, and literature.

亦 yì

非 fēi