难怪 (nán guài) — (adverb) no wonder, not surprising (that...); (verb) cannot blame, it's understandable (that...)

Definition

Examples

• 难怪他今天这么高兴，原来他考了第一名。
  nán guài Tā jīn tiān zhè me gāo xìng, yuán lái tā kǎo le dì yī míng.
  No wonder he's so happy today — it turns out he got first place.
• 难怪外面这么冷，原来下雪了。
  nán guài Wài miàn zhè me lěng, yuán lái xià xuě le.
  No wonder it's so cold outside — it snowed.
• 他迟到了，但这也难怪他，路上堵车了。
  Tā chí dào le, dàn zhè yě nán guài tā, lù shang dǔ chē le.
  He was late, but you can't blame him — there was a traffic jam on the road.

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