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岂不
qǐ​bù

how could it not be

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

岂不/ 豈不 qǐ​bù how could it not be

how couldn't; wouldn't it; used to form a rhetorical question with an underlying positive meaning, similar to 难道 nán​dào ... 不 bù

References

same_as 可不/可不 → 岂不/豈不
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