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卻是

简却是 · 繁卻是

Mandarin · pinyin què shì

nevertheless
actually
the fact is ...

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卻: Look up this written character
是: shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
却: què · still, but; decline; retreat

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4–4 · que4 shi4

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verb

is indeed; indeed is; it is in fact

verb

(Taiwanese Hokkien) on the contrary; actually

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