怪不得
guài bu de
Pinyin

Definition

怪不得
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guài bu de
  1. no wonder!
  2. so that's why!

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

难怪怪不得早早就当上主管。
nánguài guàibude zǎozǎo jiù dāngshang zhǔguǎn 。
No wonder he got promoted to a manager.
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看您这桂花树既不开花，也不结果的，怪不得玉皇大帝要您把这树给砍了呀。
kàn nín zhè guìhuā shù jì bù kāihuā ，yě bù jiēguǒ de ，guàibude Yùhuángdàdì yào nín bǎ zhè shù gěi kǎn le ya 。
It looks like your Osmanthus tree here doesn't bloom and it doesn't bear fruit, no wonder the Jade Emperor wants you to chop it down.
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怪不得，民间都流传着'嫦娥奔月'的故事，原来是这样啊。你一定很想念先生吧！
guàibude ，mínjiān dōu liúchuán zhe 'Cháng\'é bēn yuè 'de gùshi ，yuánlái shì zhèyàng ā 。nǐ yīdìng hěn xiǎngniàn xiānsheng ba ！
No wonder, so that's the reason for for the popular folk story about Chang'e running off to the moon. You must really miss your husband!
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怪不得！那么大家在黄金周都做些什么呀？
guàibude ！nàme dàjiā zài huángjīnzhōu dōu zuò xiē shénme ya ？
No wonder! So what does everybody do on Golden Week?
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喔，怪不得说义大利是法西斯主义国家。
ō ，guàibude shuō Yìdàlì shì Fǎxīsī zhǔyì guójiā 。
Oh, no wonder they say Italy was a Fascist country.
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太毁人三观了…怪不得有句话说，在未来每个人都能成名十五分钟。这个年代只要你敢就能成为网红。
tài huǐ rén sānguān le …guàibude yǒu jù huà shuō ，zài wèilái měi ge rén dōu néng chéngmíng shíwǔ fēnzhōng 。zhège niándài zhǐyào nǐ gǎn jiù néng chéngwéi wǎnghóng 。
That’s quite disturbing in terms of ethics and values… no wonder there is that saying, everyone can be famous for fifteen minutes.
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原来如此，怪不得每次一口气喝下一大瓶水后都会觉得肠胃不适，诶，老赵，夏天快到了，你说喝水可以减肥吗？
yuánláirúcǐ ，guàibude měicì yīkǒuqì hēxià yī dà píng shuǐ hòu dōuhuì juéde chángwèi bùshì ，ēi ，Lǎo Zhào ，xiàtiān kuài dào le ，nǐ shuō hēshuǐ kěyǐ jiǎnféi ma ？
Ah, so that's how it is. No wonder every time I drink a big bottle of water in one go, my digestive system feels a little off. Agh, Lao Zhao, summer's almost here, can drinking water help you lose weight?
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怪不得我每天乘公车看到一大堆人眼睛盯着手机不放，原来他们在追剧啊。
guàibude wǒ měitiān chéng gōngchē kàndào yīdàduī rén yǎnjing dīng zhe shǒujī bù fàng ，yuánlái tāmen zài zhuī jù ā 。
No wonder every day when I ride the bus I see a bunch of people with their eyes fixed on their phones the whole time, so it turns out they're keeping up with dramas.
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怪不得，那一定被借完了。不过说实话，在她得奖之前，确实没多少人关注过她。
guàibude ，nà yīdìng bèi jiè wán le 。bùguò shuō shíhuà ，zài tā dé jiǎng zhīqián ，quèshí méi duōshao rén guānzhù guò tā 。
No wonder, of course they've all been borrowed. But to tell the truth, before she won the prize, no one actually took much notice of her.
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听你这么一说，我好像没好好注意饮食，怪不得我这几个星期皮肤状况很糟。
tīng nǐ zhème yī shuō ，wǒ hǎoxiàng méi hǎohāo zhùyì yǐnshí ，guàibude wǒ zhè jǐ ge xīngqī pífū zhuàngkuàng hěn zāo 。
Now that you say that, I think I haven't really been watching what I eat properly. No wonder my skin has been bad over recent weeks.
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