<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>难怪 (nánguài) when used as a verb can be translated as "hard to blame." This is usually directed at a person, and it is similar to how in English we may say "He's always sleepy, but you can't blame him because he works a night shift."</p> <h2 id="难怪-as-a-verb">难怪 as a Verb</h2> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>难怪 + [Specific Person / People]</p> </div> <p>When used as a verb it expresses that the speaker assigns no blame in the situation he is describing i.e. that someone is not to be blamed. Often a person is placed after it, as in the latter two examples below.</p> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>A: 他 迟到 了 。<br /> B: 这 也 <em>难怪</em>。 今天 地铁 坏 了 。<span class="trans">A: He's late. B: Don't blame him, the subway broke down today.</span></li> <li><em>难怪</em> 他，他 还 是 个 孩子 呢，什么 都 不 懂。<span class="trans">Don't blame him, he's just a child. He doesn't know any better.</span></li> <li>这 也 <em>难怪</em>你，第 一 次 到 这 个 地方 还 不 了解 这里 的 风俗。<span class= "trans">No one can blame you, the first time I came here, I didn't understand the customs.</span></li> <li>这 也 <em>难怪</em>，他刚来嘛，算了算了。<span class="trans">Don't blame anyone, he just got here, forget it.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href= "Expressing_"no_wonder"_using_"nanguai"" title= "wikilink">Expressing "no wonder" using "nanguai"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D%EF%BC%88%E5%A2%9E%E8%AE%A2%E6%9C%AC%EF%BC%89" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</a> (p. 239) (p. 408) <a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC5%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语词典（第5版）</a> (p. 499) (p. 981) <a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>