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Here, we present the idiom 「不亦樂乎」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

乎: An interjection used in classical Chinese to express doubt or rhetorical question, and here it is equivalent to “嗎”. Used to express extreme, very, and thorough meanings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù yì lè hū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 yik6 lok6 fu4

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