bù​yì

isn't it truly

  • created reference approved 不亦 → 乎 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不亦 bù​yì

    乎 hū

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不亦 · bù​yì · isn't it truly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不亦

    bù​yì

    isn't it truly

    (literary) Used to introduce a rhetorical question or emphasize a state, meaning "isn't it truly..." or "how... it is!"; often followed by [[乎|乎|hu1]] at the end of the sentence.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 亦 (literal) → 亦 · yì · also

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense