怪不得

Meaning(adverb)

no wonder!; so that's why!

Examples

• 下雨了，怪不得这么冷。

  xià yǔ le, guài bù dé zhè me lěng.

  It's raining — no wonder it's so cold.

• 他在中国住过五年，怪不得中文这么好。

  tā zài zhōng guó zhù guò wǔ nián, guài bù dé zhōng wén zhè me hǎo.

  He lived in China for five years — no wonder his Chinese is so good.

• 怪不得你没来，原来你生病了。

  guài bù dé nǐ méi lái, yuán lái nǐ shēng bìng le.

  So that's why you didn't come — you were ill.

Easily confused

• 难怪 — Nearly identical ("no wonder"); 怪不得 is a bit more colloquial.

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