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何止

Mandarin · pinyin hé zhǐ

far more than
not just

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何: hé · what, why, where, which, how
止: zhǐ · stop, halt, desist; detain

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2–3 · he2 zhi3

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ho4 zi2

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(used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than

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