难怪

Meaning(adverb)

(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)

Examples

• 下雨了，难怪这么冷。

  xià yǔ le, nán guài zhè me lěng.

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

• 他住过北京三年，难怪中文这么好。

  tā zhù guò běi jīng sān nián, nán guài zhōng wén zhè me hǎo.

  He lived in Beijing for three years, no wonder his Chinese is so good.

• 难怪你不知道，这是昨天才定的。

  nán guài nǐ bù zhī dào, zhè shì zuó tiān cái dìng de.

  No wonder you didn't know, it was only decided yesterday.

Easily confused

• 怪不得 — Almost the same meaning as 难怪, slightly more colloquial.

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