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则已
zé yǐ
What 则已 means
- literaryused in expressions of the form {不|bù} + (verb) + {则已|zé yǐ} ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
The characters in 则已
- 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
- 已yǐalready; to stop; then
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