hé​gǎn

how dare

  • created reference approved 何敢 → 岂敢/豈敢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何敢 hé​gǎn

    岂敢 / 豈敢 qǐ​gǎn

    synonym

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

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  • created reference approved 何敢 → 怎敢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何敢 hé​gǎn

    怎敢 zěn​gǎn

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 何敢 · hé​gǎn · how dare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何敢

    hé​gǎn

    how dare

    how dare; how can one dare; often used rhetorically to express modesty or to decline a compliment by implying one is not worthy

    何 (literal) → 何 · hé · why 敢 (literal) → 敢 · gǎn · how could

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

    created sense