則甚
zé​shèn

what for

  • created sense approved 则甚/則甚 · zé​shèn · what for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    则甚 / 則甚

    zé​shèn

    what for

    (literary) what is the point of; why; what for. Specifically used in early vernacular Chinese to mean "to do what" or "why bother".

    则 (literal) → 则/則 · zé · to do 甚 (literal) → 甚 · shén · what

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