- lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
- pros and cons
Characters
- 是 (是): to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 非 (非): abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- 曲 (曲): surname Qu
- 直 (直): surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
Resources
- Wiktionary: 是非曲直
- MDBG: 是非曲直
- Examples with 是非曲直 on Tatoeba
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