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难道…吗

Surely not …? (rhetorical: …)

难道…吗 is a rhetorical question expecting the opposite answer.

In stories

  1. 光是常用字就有三千五百个，难道要造一个三千五百个键的键盘吗？

    汉字没有字母，中国人怎么打字？ · How do Chinese people type without an alphabet? HSK 6

  2. 这难道不是画蛇添足吗？

    中文为什么要用量词？ · Why does Chinese have measure words? HSK 6

  3. 然而有一天，他坐在热闹的猴子们中间，忽然想到了一件事，心里不由得担心起来：再快乐的日子，难道能一直过下去吗？

    美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King HSK 5

Read 汉字没有字母，中国人怎么打字？

What does 难道…吗 mean in Chinese?

Surely not …? (rhetorical: …). 难道…吗 is a rhetorical question expecting the opposite answer.

How common is 难道…吗?

It comes up in 3 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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