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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
可不是 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
可不是 =
ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ · kěbúshì
expression — exactly so; isn't that the truth; you bet (emphatic agreement)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

can, indeed (可以)
not (不是)
to be, so (是)shì
可不是,可以的可,不要的不,是非的是。
關 · Related
jiùshìthe plainer agreement — that's right沒錯méicuòno mistake — same nodding-along use