怪不得

guài bu de · guai bu de

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. no wonder!
  2. so that's why!

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)家(jiā)商(shāng)店(diàn)人(rén)员(yuán)的(de)态(tài)度(dù)特(tè)好(hǎo),怪(guài)不(bu)得(de)顾(gù)客(kè)也(yě)好(hǎo)多(duō)。

The staff in this shop are really friendly; no wonder they've got so many customers.

Tatoeba: Chinese by FeuDRenais · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)昨(zuó)天(tiān)熬(áo)夜(yè)了(le),怪(guài)不(bu)得(de)今(jīn)天(tiān)上(shàng)课(kè)一(yì)直(zhí)打(dǎ)哈(hā)欠(qian)。

He stayed up late yesterday; no wonder he kept yawning in class today.

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