fēi lǘ fēi mǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
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Original source entry:

非驢非馬 非驴非马 [fei1 lu:2 fei1 ma3] /neither fish nor fowl/resembling nothing on earth/

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