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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">难怪</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">nánguài</span>) when used as a verb can be translated as "<b>hard to blame</b>." 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"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">难怪</span>&#160;as a Verb</h2>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">难怪</span>&#160;+ [Specific Person / People]</div>
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  <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>

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      <li>A:&#160;<span class="hanzi">他 迟到 了 。</span>A: He's late.<br/> B:&#160;<span class="hanzi">这 也 难怪。 今天 地铁 坏 了 。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">&#160;B: Don't blame him, the subway broke down today.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">难怪 他，他 还 是 个 孩子 呢，什么 都 不 懂。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Don't blame him, he's just a child. He doesn't know any better.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 也 难怪你，第 一 次 到 这 个 地方 还 不 了解 这里 的 风俗。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">No one can blame you, the first time I came here, I didn't understand the customs.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 也 难怪，他刚来嘛，算了算了。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Don't blame anyone, he just got here, forget it.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;no_wonder&quot;_using_&quot;nanguai&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "no wonder" using "nanguai"</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</span>&#160;(p. 239) (p. 408) </li>
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  <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语词典（第5版）</span>&#160;(p. 499) (p. 981) </li>
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