偏偏 (of all things / just had to) · 偏偏 (juste parce que / contre toute attente)
Rain arrives at the inconvenient moment
- You planned an outdoor event for the only free afternoon, and rain begins then.
- 偏偏这时候下雨。 — The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Rain arrives at the inconvenient moment
- You planned an outdoor event for the only free afternoon, and rain begins then.
- (indicates that sth turns…偏偏这时候to rain下雨。 — The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- 偏偏 (of all things / just had to): 我让他别去,他偏偏要去。; 早不下晚不下,偏偏这时候下雨。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
Locate the pattern in real examples
- (indicates that sth turns…偏偏 (of all things / just had to): I / me我to let / make让he / him他don't别to go去,he / him他(indicates that sth turns…偏偏want / will / need要to go去。; early早to be not less than (a…不下evening晚to be not less than (a…不下,(indicates that sth turns…偏偏这时候to rain下雨。
- Read the whole clause before choosing a translation. The examples show the pattern in use; the context below determines what the speaker claims.
You planned an outdoor event for the only free afternoon, and rain begins then. What does 偏偏这时候下雨。 communicate?
The timing clashes with the speaker's plan. 偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in 让他别去，他偏偏要去. It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional.
Follow the speaker
I我told让him他don't别go去，he他just had to偏偏insist要go去。
- In the opening situation: 偏偏这时候下雨。
- The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Follow the speaker
I我told让him他don't别go去，he他just had to偏偏insist要go去。
- In the opening situation: (indicates that sth turns…偏偏这时候to rain下雨。
- The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Using the pattern named in this lesson: I told him not to go, but he just had to: 我让他别去，他 ____ 要去。
偏偏 + B = just had to (counter to A): 他偏偏要去.
偏偏 marks something counter to what you expected / wanted.
Yes — a stubborn or annoying clash.
Check the limit of the explanation
- 偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in 让他别去，他偏偏要去.
- It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional.
Check the limit of the explanation
- (indicates that sth turns…偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in to let / make让he / him他don't别to go去，he / him他(indicates that sth turns…偏偏want / will / need要to go去.
- It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional.
偏偏 proves that someone deliberately caused the rain.
偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in 让他别去，他偏偏要去. It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional. The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form 偏了偏这时候下雨 needs repair here. Write 偏偏这时候下雨 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Repair the form before interpreting it
- The form to lean偏(completed / change)了to lean偏这时候to rain下雨 needs repair here. Write (indicates that sth turns…偏偏这时候to rain下雨 instead; keep the word or frame in its demonstrated order.
- Form and meaning are separate checks. After the repair, explain the sentence in its situation rather than treating a familiar translation as a universal rule.
Rewrite the demonstrated repair exactly: 偏了偏这时候下雨
The demonstrated form is 偏偏这时候下雨. The timing clashes with the speaker's plan.
Keep the distinction
- The timing clashes with the speaker's plan. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- 偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in 让他别去，他偏偏要去. It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
Keep the distinction
- The timing clashes with the speaker's plan. Check the relevant speaker, time or group in the surrounding context.
- (indicates that sth turns…偏偏 also marks deliberate opposition, as in to let / make让he / him他don't别to go去，he / him他(indicates that sth turns…偏偏want / will / need要to go去. It does not itself identify whether the clash was accidental or intentional.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.
偏偏 carries a feeling of…
偏偏那天下雨 = of all days, it rained that day.