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乃
nǎi
HSK 7
to bethussotherefore
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Grammar note
乃 asserts identity the way 是 does, with emphasis: 'this is indeed'. It marks the register of the passage as much as its meaning.
Characters
乃
then; really, indeed, after all
Appears in 128 verses
Genesis 24:50Exodus 35:2Leviticus 13:13Leviticus 13:17Numbers 6:13Joshua 3:14Judges 11:202 Samuel 14:142 Samuel 20:212 Samuel 23:271 Kings 11:271 Kings 12:151 Kings 22:422 Kings 3:102 Kings 3:132 Kings 5:42 Kings 5:52 Kings 5:102 Kings 5:142 Kings 5:152 Kings 5:162 Kings 5:192 Kings 12:142 Kings 14:32 Kings 14:271 Chronicles 3:231 Chronicles 3:241 Chronicles 4:361 Chronicles 5:121 Chronicles 7:81 Chronicles 8:201 Chronicles 17:51 Chronicles 26:32 Chronicles 10:152 Chronicles 20:152 Chronicles 20:312 Chronicles 21:132 Chronicles 29:25Ezra 5:3Ezra 5:6Ezra 6:6Ezra 6:13Ezra 8:4Ezra 10:22Ezra 10:27Nehemiah 12:41Esther 9:1Job 18:21Job 19:28Psalms 1:4Psalms 87:3Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 8:14Proverbs 10:17Proverbs 10:20Proverbs 13:17Proverbs 14:4Proverbs 14:23Proverbs 15:22Proverbs 15:26
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