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岂非
qǐ​fēi

isn't it

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
岂非 豈非 qǐ​fēi
isn't it
Used in rhetorical questions to express a strong affirmation, meaning "isn't it..." or "wouldn't it be...".

Frequency

Written text
1.68 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 岂不是 qǐ​bù​shì

Synonym

  • 毋乃 wú​nǎi

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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