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倒是

dàoshì
adverbHSK 5

Meaning

  • contrary to what one might expect
  • actually
  • contrariwise
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  • why don't you

Example

这倒是事实。

That’s actually the truth.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dǎoHSK 210 strokesto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontallyshìHSK 19 strokesto be (followed by substantives only)

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Not to be confused with: 导师 (dǎoshī, tutor)