HSK 5Adverbs
难怪(nánguài)
No Wonder / That Explains It
Structure Pattern
难怪+Observation+，+Cause
Explanation
难怪 (literally "hard to blame") signals that the speaker has just understood the reason for something. Pairs with a previously noted observation and the newly-discovered cause. The cause clause can come before or after.
Example Sentences
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1
难怪他这么累，原来昨晚没睡好。
Nánguài tā zhème lèi, yuánlái zuówǎn méi shuì hǎo.
No wonder he's so tired — turns out he didn't sleep well last night.
2
她在中国住过五年，难怪中文这么好。
Tā zài Zhōngguó zhùguo wǔ nián, nánguài Zhōngwén zhème hǎo.
She lived in China for five years — no wonder her Chinese is so good.
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