怪不得
guàibude
no wonder; cannot blame
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 证据链中缺少关键时间点，怪不得陪审团始终无法形成一致意见。 Zhèngjù liàn zhōng quēshǎo guānjiàn shíjiāndiǎn, guàibude péishěntuán shǐzhōng wúfǎ xíngchéng yízhì yìjiàn. A key point in the timeline was missing from the chain of evidence, so no wonder the jury could never reach a consensus.
- 原来他是南方人，怪不得吃得那么清淡。 Yuánlái tā shì nánfāng rén, guàibude chī de nàme qīngdàn. So he's from the south; no wonder he eats such light food.
- 外面下了一整夜的雨，怪不得今天这么凉快。 Wàimiàn xià le yì zhěng yè de yǔ, guàibude jīntiān zhème liángkuai. It rained all night, so no wonder it's so cool today.
Related words
- 奇怪 qíguài strange
- 怪 guài strange
- 怪 guài to blame
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing
- 古怪 gǔguài strange; odd
- 怪物 guàiwu monster; strange creature
- 怪异 guàiyì strange; bizarre; oddity
- 难怪 nánguài no wonder; not surprising; understandable
- 妖怪 yāoguài monster; demon; bogeyman
- 责怪 zéguài to blame; to reproach
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 不对 búduì wrong, incorrect