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偏要

piān yào verb C2
  1. to insist on doing sth
  2. must do it, despite everything
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各家父兄听见这话,都各不平,偏要在荀老翁跟前恭喜,说他是个封翁太老爷。
儒林外史, p. 30 · C2
但不能平的,为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊?
朱自清散文七篇, p. 2 · C2
我偏要说他们吃的是『龙虎斗』。
鲁迅作品选, p. 50 · C2

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