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què = qu + e4
old variant of 卻|却[que4]
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què = qu + e4
but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
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却 character breakdown

Component Translations
jié = ji + e2
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
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= qu + Ø4
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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