并非易事

並非易事

bìngfēiyìshì

phrase #30,834

Meanings

1 is by no means an easy matter
2 is no easy task
3 is not at all simple

Characters

and; furthermore (emphatic with negation)

Examples

学好一门外语并非易事。

Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ bìngfēi yìshì.

Mastering a foreign language is no easy task.

改变一个人的习惯并非易事。

Gǎibiàn yī gè rén de xíguàn bìngfēi yìshì.

Changing a person's habits is by no means easy.

Tips

grammar

并非 = "is by no means / not at all" — a more emphatic, written-register negation than plain 不是. 易事 = "easy matter." The four-character phrase 并非易事 is a common written formula at the end of clauses to stress that something looks simple but isn't.

Stroke Order

并 bìng

非 fēi

易 yì

事 shì