难
怪

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The word "难怪" is formed by combining the character "难", meaning "difficult" or "hard", with "怪", meaning "to blame" or "strange". Literally, this yields "hard to blame", which semantically extends to indicate that something is understandable or not surprising, thus conveying the meaning "no wonder".

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难怪今天路上这么堵。

Nán guài jīn tiān lù shàng zhè me dǔ。

No wonder the road is so congested today.

难怪他一直没回消息，原来是手机没电了。

Nán guài tā yì zhí méi huí xiāo xī, yuán lái shì shǒu jī méi diàn le。

No wonder he hasn't replied to the message; it turns out his phone ran out of battery.

听完他的解释，难怪大家会误会他的意思。

Tīng wán tā de jiě shì, nán guài dà jiā huì wù huì tā de yì si。

After hearing his explanation, no wonder everyone misunderstood what he meant.

考虑到他从小在国外长大，难怪他的中文发音不太标准。

Kǎo lǜ dào tā cóng xiǎo zài guó wài zhǎng dà, nán guài tā de zhōng wén fā yīn bú tài biāo zhǔn。

Considering he grew up abroad, no wonder his Chinese pronunciation isn't very standard.

仔细分析了这个地区的经济数据后，难怪投资者会失去信心。

Zǐ xì fēn xī le zhè ge dì qū de jīng jì shù jù hòu, nán guài tóu zī zhě huì shī qù xìn xīn。

After carefully analyzing the economic data of this region, no wonder investors lost confidence.

Word Definition - 难怪

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

Individual Character Details

难 nán, nàn
怪 guài, guài