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反常

fǎn cháng · fan chang

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. unusual
  2. abnormal
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Strange November weather

  1. Dengdeng

    十一月(shíyīyuè)了(le)，今天(jīntiān)还(hái)有(yǒu)三十(sānshí)度(dù)！

    It is November and still thirty degrees today!

  2. Liangliang

    天气(tiānqì)真(zhēn)反常(fǎncháng)。

    The weather is really unusual.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)穿(chuān)上(shàng)短袖(duǎnxiù)了(le)。

    I am already wearing short sleeves.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)是(shì)。可是(kěshì)路上(lùshang)有人(yǒurén)穿(chuān)羽绒服(yǔróngfú)。

    Me too. But someone on the road is wearing a down jacket.

  5. Dengdeng

    他(tā)不(bù)觉得(juéde)反常(fǎncháng)吗(ma)？

    Doesn't he think it is odd?

  6. Liangliang

    他(tā)刚(gāng)从(cóng)哈尔滨(hāěrbīn)回来(huílai)，那里(nàli)零下(língxià)十(shí)度(dù)。

    He just came back from Harbin, where it is minus ten.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)几(jǐ)年(nián)的(de)天(tiān)气(qì)很(hěn)反(fǎn)常(cháng)。

We've been having strange weather the past few years.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)今(jīn)天(tiān)反(fǎn)常(cháng)地(de)安(ān)静(jìng)，一(yí)句(jù)话(huà)也(yě)没(méi)说(shuō)。

He was unusually quiet today and didn't say a word.

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