Word Detail

反倒

fǎn dào

but on the contrary, but expectedly

HSK 7-9 (v3.0)

Examples

不帮忙，反倒添乱。

Bù bāngmáng, fǎndào tiānluàn.

Not helping, but causing trouble instead.

反倒成了好事。

Fǎndào chéng le hǎoshì.

Turned out to be a good thing instead.