却 – vocab dash

却què

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Meanings

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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Examples46

你nǐ一直yīzhí都dōu知道zhīdào，却què什么shénme都dōu没méi做zuò。

You knew all this time, but you did nothing.

我wǒ爱ài她tā，但是dànshì她tā却què爱ài别人biéren。

I love her, but she loves someone else.

他tā保证bǎozhèng过guo会huì来lái却què没有méiyǒu来lái。

He promised to come, but he didn't come.

你nǐ活huó着zhe，但是dànshì却què不bù知道zhīdào为什么wèishénme活huó着zhe。

You will exist but you will never know what it is to live.

我们wǒmen不能bùnéng选择xuǎnzé从cóng哪里nǎlǐ来lái，却què能néng选择xuǎnzé往wǎng哪里nǎlǐ去qù。

We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.

他tā总zǒng觉得juéde时间shíjiān不够bùgòu用yòng，却què不bù知道zhīdào时间shíjiān都dōu用yòng在zài了le哪里nǎlǐ。

He always feels he doesn't have enough time, but he doesn't have any idea where his time goes.