假相

jiǎxiàng
noun #33,632

Meanings

  1. 1 false appearance
  2. 2 illusion
  3. 3 misleading impression

Examples

Bú yào bèi biǎomiàn de jiǎxiàng suǒ míhuò.
Don't be misled by surface appearances.
Fánróng zhǐ shì jiǎxiàng, bèihòu wèntí hěn duō.
The prosperity is just an illusion; there are many problems beneath the surface.

Tips

mistakes
假相 is interchangeable with the more common 假象 (jiǎxiàng) — Xinhua even cross-references them. In modern publishing 假象 is preferred; 假相 is older and slightly more literary. Same pinyin, same meaning.

Stroke Order

jià
xiāng