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偏偏 Piānpiān Adv Wilfully Unluckily Contrary Expected 我倒是想答应的,不过那偏偏办不到

Rank 4696
Simplified Chinese 偏偏
Traditional Chinese [偏偏]
Pinyin /piānpiān/
HSK Level (3)
Part-of-Speech adv
Definition wilfully, just, unluckily; contrary to what is expected
Simplified Chinese Example 我倒是想答应的,不过那偏偏办不到。
English Translation I’d like to say yes, but that’s just impossible.
Freq 83 | 0.59 | 49

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