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不成

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  1. won't do
  2. unable to
  3. (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
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  谁知道除那管船的人搜括众人外,又有一种人在那里高谈阔论的演说,只听他说道:「你们各人均是出了船钱坐船的,况且这船也就是你们祖遗的公司产业,现在已被这几个驾驶人弄的破坏不堪,你们全家老幼性命都在船上,难道都在这里等死不成?
老残游记, p. 9 · C2
你又不曾犯罪,难道官府来拿你的母亲去不成?
儒林外史, p. 11 · C2
难道和他同榜不成!
儒林外史, p. 29 · C2

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