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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 凡是 mean?

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凡是 fánshì

every; all; any (introducing a whole category)

Its characters

  1. 凡 fán every
  2. 是 shì to be (am

In a sentence

凡是来过的人都说好。 Everyone who has been here says it's good.

区别在于,这种用法在英语里只是例外,在中文里却是规律:凡是能数的东西,前面几乎都得配一个量词。

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

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