302 Themes

281 Originally, contrarily, purposely, eventually 本来 (běnlái), 相反 (xiāngfǎn), 故意 (gùyì), 最终 (zuìzhōng)


on the contrary, instead
but on the contrary
on the contrary
on the contrary [indicating contrast, a turn in meaning, concession or modifying or toning down a preceding statement]

7 反而 [-] fǎn’ér (instead-but) on the contrary, instead: ~容易. On the contrary, it’s easy. || ~更难. On the contrary, it’s more difficult. || ~看不清楚. On the contrary, I can’t see clearly. '
23 反倒 [-] fǎndào (on the contrary-but) but on the contrary: 雨不但没 停~下得更大了. The rain didn’t stop, on the contrary, it started raining harder. '
17 相反 [-] xiāngfǎn (mutual-opposite) on the contrary: 不是我在帮助 她, ~, 是她在帮助我. It’s not that I was helping him, on the contrary, he was helping me '
12 倒是 [-] dǎoshì (on the contrary-be) on the contrary [indicating contrast, a turn in meaning, concession or modifying or toning down a preceding statement] : 那个地方我~去过, 但是印象 (yìnxiàng) 不深. I’ve been there, but I’m not impressed with that place. || 他那些成绩好的大学同学 现在都是普通白领, ~成绩最差的那个同学现在是中国首富. His college classmates with good grades are ordinary white collar workers, but the worst academic performer is China’s richest man now. '