那可
nà​kě

how can one

  • created sense approved 那可 · nà​kě · preferable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    那可

    nà​kě

    preferable

    (literary) better than; more acceptable

    那 (literal) → 那 · nà · then 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · actually

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 那可 · nà​kě · how can one — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    那可

    nà​kě

    how can one

    used in rhetorical questions to express that something is not possible or acceptable; how can it be that

    那 (literal) → 那 · nà · then 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · [question emphasis]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense