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物是人非

wù shì rén fēi

4-character word

What 物是人非 means

1. idiomthe place is unchanged, but the faces are different

The characters in 物是人非

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 人rénperson; people
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

Example sentences

• 物是人非。
  Wùshìrénfēi.
  Things are the same, but people have changed.