Clearly / obviously (yet…) (明明)

Structure 明明 + obvious fact（，却 + contradiction）

明明 (míngmíng) asserts that something is obvious, almost always to contrast it with something that contradicts it: "clearly…, yet…". 你明明知道，为什么不说？ = "you clearly know, so why don’t you say it?". 他明明在家，却不开门 = "he’s obviously home, yet won’t open the door". It’s usually followed by 却/还/可 to mark the contradiction.

Examples

你nǐ明míng明míng知zhī道dào，为wèi什shén么me不bù说shuō？
You clearly know, so why don’t you say it?
这zhè明míng明míng是shì你nǐ的de错cuò。
This is clearly your fault.
他tā明míng明míng在zài家jiā，却què不bù开kāi门mén。
He’s obviously home, yet he won’t open the door.

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