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恰恰相反

qià qià xiāng fǎn · qia qia xiang fan

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. just the opposite
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The early bird

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)起(qǐ)得(de)早(zǎo)，对(duì)吧(ba)？

    You said you get up early every day, right?

  2. Liangliang

    恰恰相反(qiàqiàxiāngfǎn)，我(wǒ)每天(měitiān)睡(shuì)得(de)很(hěn)晚(wǎn)。

    Quite the opposite, I go to bed very late.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)总是(zǒngshì)第一个(dìyīgè)到(dào)教室(jiàoshì)？

    Then why are you always the first to get to the classroom?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)不是(bùshì)起(qǐ)得(de)早(zǎo)，恰恰相反(qiàqiàxiāngfǎn)，我(wǒ)是(shì)一(yī)晚上(wǎnshang)没(méi)睡(shuì)。

    I am not an early riser. Quite the opposite, I just did not sleep all night.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)以(yǐ)为(wéi)他(tā)会(huì)生(shēng)气(qì)，恰(qià)恰(qià)相(xiāng)反(fǎn)，他(tā)笑(xiào)了(le)。

I thought he would be angry, but on the contrary, he laughed.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)办(bàn)法(fǎ)不(bú)但(dàn)没(méi)解(jiě)决(jué)问(wèn)题(tí)，恰(qià)恰(qià)相(xiāng)反(fǎn)，让(ràng)情(qíng)况(kuàng)更(gèng)糟(zāo)了(le)。

This approach not only failed to solve the problem; on the contrary, it made things worse.

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