Definition
尔 is the simplified form of 爾. In modern Chinese, it is a bound morpheme that appears in fixed literary expressions such as 尔后 (thereafter) and 尔虞我诈 (mutual deception). It is also the phonetic component in characters like 你 (you) and 称 (to call).
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(bound morpheme) youyour (classical)appears in set phrases
Examples
- ，。ěr hòu, tā zài yě méiyǒu huílái.After that, he never came back.
- 。Tāmen zhījiān chōngmǎn le ěr yú wǒ zhà.There is mutual deception between them.
- 尔。ěr zìxíng zài hànzì zhōng chángjiàn.The character '尔' is commonly seen in Chinese characters.
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