hécháng bú shì...
isn't it also... (何尝不是……)
何尝不是 means “isn’t it also...?” It rhetorically affirms that something can indeed be seen in another way.
Exemple de référence
失败何尝不是一次重新开始的机会?
Shībài hécháng bú shì yí cì chóngxīn kāishǐ de jīhuì?
Isn’t failure also an opportunity to start again?
HSK 6
HSK 6
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Résumé de la leçon
Read the sample sentence and notice how 何尝不是…… works in the frame: A 何尝不是 B.
This pattern is literary and reflective. It often reframes failure, waiting, criticism, or pressure as an opportunity, test, or help. Do not drop 不; 何尝不是 is the rhetorical affirmative form.
Structure grammaticale
A 何尝不是 B
uses a rhetorical question to affirm another possible positive interpretation
失败何尝不是一次重新开始的机会?
Shībài hécháng bú shì yí cì chóngxīn kāishǐ de jīhuì?
Isn’t failure also an opportunity to start again?
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