MEANING/意义
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so; then; to be; therefore; (lit.) (be) really; (only after...) then; (lit.) your (usually used as written language )Type adverb/副词; conjunction/连词; pronoun/代词
乃
EXAMPLES/列句
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今乃知之。
I didn't know it until now. -
朕乃天子。
I; the emperor; am the son of Heaven.
COMBINATIONS/组合
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乃至
even; down to; and even; go so far as to
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乃父
(ancient Chinese) your father
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乃是
(lit) be
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欸乃
sound of a boat song; (lit.) creak (sound of a rowing oar)
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康乃馨
carnation
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美乃滋
(transliteration) mayonnaise
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木乃伊
mummy (preserved corpse)
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有容乃大
tolerance is a virtue
