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岂可
qǐ​kě

how can

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

岂可/ 豈可 qǐ​kě how can

Used to introduce a rhetorical question to express that something is unacceptable or impossible; meaning "how can one..." or "how could it be allowed to..."

References

same_as 宁可/寧可 → 岂可/豈可
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