却
卻HSK 4freq #199
Meanings
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- 1.but
- 2.yet
- 3.however
- 4.while
- 5.to go back
- 6.to decline
- 7.to retreat
- 8.nevertheless
- 9.even though
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我環顧四周，卻沒看見任何人。
I looked around, but saw nobody.
在你侍酒前最好先將白葡萄酒冷卻一下。
It's better to chill white wine before you serve it.
我找到了一輛出租車，但裏面卻沒有司機。
I found a taxi, but there was no driver inside.
我什麼地方都找過了, 但卻找不到我的書。
I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my book.
這個故事聽起來可能很奇怪，但卻是千真萬確的。
This story may sound strange, but it's absolutely true.
法國是一個福利國家，但它卻不再能夠負擔得起了。
France is running a welfare state it can no longer afford.
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