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倒是 (dào shi) – contrary to what one might expect

dào shi

contrary to what one might expect

HSK 3.0 Level 50 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1contrary to what one might expect
  2. 2actually
  3. 3contrariwise
  4. 4why don't you

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Related words

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

倒

dǎo

to fall

但是

dàn shì

but

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

总是

zǒng shì

always

可是

kě shì

but

于是

yú shì

thereupon

倒霉

dǎo méi

to have bad luck

凡是

fán shì

each and every

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

要是

yào shi

(coll.) if

老是

lǎo shi

always

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