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之乎者也 (zi1 fu4 ze2 jaa5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

之乎者也 (zi1 fu4 ze2 jaa5, zhī hū zhě yě) — (lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); (fig.) archaic expressions

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 之不過 (zi1 bat1 gwo3) — (conjunction) however; but;
• 之但係 (zi1 daan6 hai6) — But
• 之先 (zi1 sin1) — long before, ahead
• 之嘛 (zi1 maa3) — (modal particle) Used at the end of a sentence, usually to show the unimportanc…
• 之字線 (zi1 zi6 sin3) — Zigzag
• 之餘 (zi1 jyu4) — other than

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