qǐ​bù

how could it not be

  • created sense approved 岂不/豈不 · qǐ​bù · how could it not be — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|難道|nan2 dao4]] ... [[不|不|bu4]]

    岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not

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    created sense