反而
on the contrary, if anything
- Pinyin
- fǎn'ér
- Strokes
- 10
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 反而
反而 is written with 10 strokes (反: 4, 而: 6). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
HSK 5. Marks the outcome nobody expected: giving up land made the rest better.
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剩下的地，因为水变干净了，反而更好种。
And the rest of the land, because the water got cleaner, is actually better to farm.
He Gave Seventy Acres of Century-Old Barley Ground Back to the Water — Now It Holds 140 Bird Species and Two Fish That Had Almost Stopped Reproducing
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