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Chinese

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four	not; no	(look) like; similar (to); appearance(look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (四不像)		四	不	像
simp. #(四不像)		四	不	像
Literally: “unlike any of the four”.

Chinese Wikipedia has an article on:四不像Wikipedia zh

Etymology

[edit] "Père David's deer" Père David's deer are traditionally described as having "horse's face, cattle's hoof, deer's antler and donkey's tail".

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin (Pinyin): sìbùxiàng (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei3 bat1 zoeng6

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)+
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìbùxiàng [Phonetic: sìbúxiàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhbùsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-pu4-hsiang4
    • Yale: sz̀-bù-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhbushianq
    • Palladius: сыбусян (sybusjan)
    • Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
    • Jyutping: sei3 bat1 zoeng6
    • Yale: sei bāt jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 bat7 dzoeng6
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi3 bed1 zêng6
    • Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/

Noun

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四不像

1. (informal) Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
2. (Northeastern Mandarin) moose (Alces alces)
3. (Northeastern Mandarin) reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
4. (Southern China) serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)
5. something that resembles many other things partly, but none of them as a whole; mixture; neither fish nor fowl

Synonyms

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• (Père David's deer): 麋鹿 (mílù)
• (moose): 駝鹿 / 驼鹿 (tuólù)
• (reindeer): 馴鹿 / 驯鹿 (xùnlù)
• (serow): 鬣羚 (lièlíng), 天馬 / 天马 (tiānmǎ)
• (neither fish nor fowl): 不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi), 非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ), 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì), (Cantonese) 唔三唔四 (m4 saam1 m4 sei3)

Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:四不像Wikipedia ja

Kanji in this term
四	不	像
しGrade: 1	ふGrade: 4	ぞうGrade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

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四(し)不(ふ)像(ぞう) or 四不像(シフゾウ) • (shifuzō) 

1. Père David's deer

Korean

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Hanja in this term
四	不	像

Noun

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四不像 • (sabulsang) (hangeul 사불상)

1. hanja form? of 사불상 (“Père David's deer”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
四	不	像

Noun

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四不像

1. chữ Hán form of tứ bất tượng (“Père David's deer”)

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