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是shì非fēi莫mò辨biàn
  1. unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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是
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
9
Frequency
5 of 2500
Words starting with 是Words ending in 是Anywhere in a word
非
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

Pinyin
Fēi
Strokes
8
Frequency
2078 of 2500
Words starting with 非Words ending in 非Anywhere in a word
莫
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname Mo

Pinyin
Mò
Strokes
10
Frequency
2902 of 2500
Words starting with 莫Words ending in 莫Anywhere in a word
辨
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to distinguish, to recognize

Pinyin
biàn
Strokes
16
Frequency
9100 of 2500
Words starting with 辨Words ending in 辨Anywhere in a word