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明知故问
míng​zhī​gù​wèn

to ask while knowing the answer

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
明知故问 明知故問 míng​zhī​gù​wèn
to ask while knowing the answer
(idiom) to ask a question even though one already knows the answer; to ask a question intentionally

Frequency

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0.380 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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