qǐ​kěn

how could one be willing

  • created sense approved 岂肯/豈肯 · qǐ​kěn · how could one be willing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岂肯 / 豈肯

    qǐ​kěn

    how could one be willing

    Used in rhetorical questions to express that one is absolutely unwilling to do something; how could one be willing to.

    岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 肯 (literal) → 肯 · kěn · to be willing

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