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尔 is the simplified form of 爾. Its ancient character form is a pictograph of a weapon with a sharp head and a decorated tail, sharing the same origin as 朿, though its original meaning remains unclear. Later, through phonetic borrowing, it was used to represent the second-person pronoun "you". In modern Chinese, it is no longer used as an independent spoken pronoun; instead, it serves primarily as a suffix in written language or as a character for transliterating foreign loanwords. In Classical Chinese and formal expressions, it is frequently used as a particle to indicate the state or manner of an action.
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偶尔去公园散步。
这是一个尔格的定义。
此事的后果尔后便知。
喀尔巴阡山脉景色壮丽。
他为人诚实，从不尔虞我诈。
这项决定关乎尔等的切身利益。
国际关系岂能如此反复无常、出尔反尔？
尔曹身与名俱灭，不废江河万古流。
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