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反而

fǎn'ér
adverbHSK 4

“On the contrary” in Chinese is 反而 (fǎn'ér).

Meaning

  • on the contrary; instead

Example

你不但不和我一起吃饭,反而去和另一个女生吃饭!

Not only did you not eat with me, you went to have dinner with another girl!

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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