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MEANING/意义

嘛

EXAMPLES/列句

可不是嘛？

kě bú shì ma ?

(rhetorical) Isn't that so? (meaning it is like that)

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	可不是	kě bu shì	exactly，that's just the way it is
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那你就打车嘛。

nà nǐ jiù dǎ chē ma .

Then you just take a taxi. (the tone indicating this is an obvious thing to do)

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	那	nà	that (used in place of sth or sb further away in distance or time)
2.	你	nǐ	you
3.	就	jiù	precisely，exactly，at once; already; only; as soon as，right/immediately after; then (used after 'if...' to introduce a natural development of the previous statement)
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COMBINATIONS/组合