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乎 originally depicted wind rustling through a tree branch (丂), suggesting the act of exhaling or shouting, a meaning now carried by 呼. Borrowed phonetically, it became a versatile classical grammatical particle, typically placed at the end of a sentence or phrase to express exclamation, interrogation, or doubt. In literary contexts, it also functions like the preposition 于, marking location, direction, or comparison. Though its independent use has faded from everyday speech, 乎 persists in classical texts and in fixed expressions and idioms.
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他几乎每天都来。
这似乎是个好主意。
我很在乎你的感受。
这个任务几乎不可能完成。
他们似乎已经知道了答案。
他错过了巴士，于是乎只好走路回家。
成功与否在乎个人的努力。
这个问题关乎所有人的利益。
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