HSK 7–9 grammar · adverb
分明
分明 — clearly, plainly (yet…)
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How it works
分明 asserts that something is plain to see, usually against someone's denial or a contradictory outcome: "you clearly did…". It therefore tends to be followed by 却 or a protest.
Examples
我分明看见他进去了。
Wǒ fēnmíng kànjiàn tā jìnqù le.
I clearly saw him go in.
这分明是他的错。
Zhè fēnmíng shì tā de cuò.
This is plainly his fault.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 分明 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.