难道

nán dào · nan dao

Traditional 難道

Meaning

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  1. don't tell me ...
  2. could it be that...?

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2 examples
01

难(nán)道(dào)不(bù)该(gāi)有(yǒu)人(rén)帮(bāng)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)吗(ma)?

Shouldn't somebody be helping Tom?

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

难(nán)道(dào)我(wǒ)们(men)就(jiù)这(zhè)样(yàng)放(fàng)弃(qì)吗(ma)?

Are we really going to give up just like that?

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