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则甚
zé​shèn

what for

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
则甚 則甚 zé​shèn
what for
(literary) what is the point of; why; what for. Specifically used in early vernacular Chinese to mean "to do what" or "why bother".
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