created reference approved 无乃/無乃 → 莫非 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无乃 / 無乃 wúnǎi
莫非 mòfēi
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 无乃/無乃 → 只怕 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无乃 / 無乃 wúnǎi
只怕 zhǐpà
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 无乃/無乃 · wúnǎi · [rhetorical question] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无乃 / 無乃
wúnǎi
[rhetorical question]
(literary) Used to introduce a rhetorical question or a speculation, meaning "is it not...?" or "perhaps it is...".
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 乃 (literal) → 乃 · nǎi · to be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition