1. to catch
  2. to dispel
  3. to hold up with both hands

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Homographs

Examples

他虽然穷,却很幸福。

Even though he's poor, he's happy.

Source: Tatoeba

他瞄准了,却没命中。

He aimed, but missed.

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他保证过会来却没有来。

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

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我爱她,但是她却爱别人。

I love her, but she loves someone else.

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汤姆本该往左转却往右转了。

Tom turned right when he should've turned left.

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她会说中文,却不会说普通话。

She can speak a type of Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.

She can speak Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.

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她父母很漂亮,而她却长得一般。

Her parents are very beautiful, but she looks ordinary.

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无可厚非,他是穷,不过他却知足。

It is true that he is poor, but he is contented.

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她比玛丽聪明,但她却没玛丽漂亮。

She's smarter than Mary, but she's not as pretty as Mary.

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昨天,我跟汤姆很帮忙却不能去了。

Tom and I were busy yesterday and couldn't go.

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生活从不会停止,但世俗生活却会。

Life never ends but earthly life does.

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你活着,但是却不知道为什么活着。

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

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我好声好气地问他,他却没有回答。

I asked him with good intentions, but he did not answer.

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吉姆工作努力,而约翰却无所事事。

Jim works hard, but John is idle.

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尽管天气很冷,孩子却没有大衣穿。

The child had no overcoat on although it was very cold.

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我要的是茶,而他却给了我一杯咖啡。

He brought me coffee, when I had asked for tea.

Source: Tatoeba

却不是不能作而是他这个男人太懒了。

Not that he couldn't, but he's too lazy a man to do it.

Source: Tatoeba

他衣着像个绅士,言行举止却像个小丑。

His dress is that of a gentleman, but his speech and behavior are those of a clown.

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很多人改变了自己,却没办法改变世界。

Many people change themselves, but nobody has a way of changing the world.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆本想早上早点出发,结果却睡过头了。

Tom expected to leave early in the morning, but he overslept.

Source: Tatoeba

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