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就是

jiù shì

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pinyin
jiù shì
simplified
就是
traditional
就是

1 · 副词

only; simply; just

仅;简单;公正

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You simply cannot reason with her, which is quite annoying.

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她就是不讲道理。讨厌死了。

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