天不晴，雨反而大了。
The sky is not clear; the rain got heavier instead.
反而
on the contrary; instead
adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 5
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而
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反
而
- 而且érqiě(not only ...) but alsoB3
- 而érandB4
- 然而rán’érhoweverB4
- 从而cóng’érthusB5
- 因而yīn’érthereforeB5
- 进而jìn’érand thenB6
- 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)B7
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少吃真的不会反而长胖吗？
Does eating less really not lead to gaining weight instead?