Chinese people use A不A B不B的 to emphasize that it is hard to distinguish, since its characteristic is neither this nor that.
A and B are usually two words implying constrast meanings; the last character 的 sometimes is omitted.
Examples:
我不喜欢这件衣服，中不中洋不洋的。
---> I do not like this dress, it's neither of Chinese style nor of western style.
你的发型真不好看，看起来男不男女不女的。
---> Your hair looks ugly and it makes you look like neither a boy nor a girl.
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