hé​cháng

never

  • created sense approved 何尝/何嘗 · hé​cháng · never — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何尝 / 何嘗

    hé​cháng

    never

    Used in rhetorical questions to express that something has never been the case or has not happened

    何 (literal) → 何 · hé · why 尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · once

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 何尝/何嘗 · hé​cháng · it is not that — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何尝 / 何嘗

    hé​cháng

    it is not that

    Used in rhetorical questions to express that the opposite is true (often followed by a negative), meaning it is not the case that

    何 (literal) → 何 · hé · why 尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · once

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

    created sense