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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

好在 [hǎozài]
  1. 1. adverb luckily
    好在还有个姐姐。
    Luckily he still has a sister.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

好在 [hǎozài]
  1. 1. fortunately; luckily
    好在他伤势不重。
    Luckily he was not very seriously wounded.
    我可以再去一趟,好在路不远。
    Luckily it's not very far. I can easily go there again.
    好在今天没有下雨。
    我来提着吧,好在也不是太重。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

好在 [hǎozài]
  1. 1. 表示在困难或不利条件下存在着有利因素
    天黑路滑,好在他对这里的路很熟悉
    大家已经走得精疲力尽,好在快到了。
  2. 2. 参见"幸亏"的提示。

Examples

盘子掉在了地上, 好在只是摔出了个豁子, 还能用。
The plate dropped onto the ground. Luckily it was only a little chipped and can still be used. 间距
好在他伤势不重。
Luckily he was not very seriously wounded. 好在
我可以再去一趟,好在路不远。
Luckily it's not very far. I can easily go there again. 好在
好在今天没有下雨。 好在
他的作品好在贴近生活。
这阵子真辛苦, 好在多劳多得。
It's hard work, but luckily one gets paid more for doing more. 多劳多得
那个河段刚刚发生了翻船事故, 好在没有人员伤亡。
There was a shipping accident at that part of the river just now, but luckily no one died or got hurt. 翻船
他极意想知道小芳喜欢什么东西, 好在情人节送给她。
He tried every means to know what Xiao Fang liked so as to give it to her on Valentine's Day. 极意
好在人前表现自己。 表现
天黑路滑,好在他对这里的路很熟悉 好在

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

The adverb show mood

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can show mood of the sentenceas, such as "可", "幸亏", "多亏", "难道", "何尝","居然", "究竟", "到底", "偏偏", "索性", "简直", "反正", "却", "倒", "也许", "大约", "好在", "差点儿", "果真", "敢情", "明明", "果然",and so on.

e.g. (1)你可真厉害啊! (2)幸亏我没去。 (3)多亏有你在。 (4)难道是我的错? (5)他们想家,其实我又何尝不是呢? (6)他今天居然没来。 (7)他们究竟有什么企图? (8)你什么时候来不好,偏偏这时候来。(8)都这么晚了,他也许不会来了。 (9)说了半天,敢情你什么也没听进去啊?

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