false appearance; pseudomorph; facade
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
variant of 假象; false appearance that does not match the true nature of a thing; misleading phenomenon
假相 is a variant orthographic form of 假象. The form 假象 is preferred in modern standard Chinese, though 假相 appears in philosophical and technical texts.
Bù不
yào要
bèi被
yǎn眼
qián前
de的
jiǎ假
xiàng相
suǒ所
mí迷
huò惑
。
Don't be misled by the false appearances before your eyes.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
xiàn现
xiàng象
zhǐ只
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
jiǎ假
xiàng相
，
yǎn掩
gài盖
le了
shì事
wù物
de的
běn本
zhì质
。
This phenomenon is merely a false appearance that conceals the essence of things.
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Zài在
kuàng矿
wù物
xué学
zhōng中
，
zhè这
zhǒng种
jiǎ假
xiàng相
bǎo保
chí持
le了
yuán原
kuàng矿
de的
wài外
bù部
xíng形
tài态
。
In mineralogy, this pseudomorph retains the external form of the original mineral.