难怪 nánguài▶ no es de extrañar

Stroke order

难怪 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 难 — 10 strokes
• 怪 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. (it's) no wonder (that...)
2. (it's) not surprising (that)

Related words

• 难免Inevitable
• 怪不得No es de extrañar
• 为难Avergonzado
• 古怪irritable; chiflado
• 困难dificultad
• 灾难desastre

难怪 is pronounced nánguài and means “no es de extrañar”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 难怪 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.