No. 2,788 in Chinese
好在
"好在" means "fortunately" or "luckily."
In a sentence
周末下雨了，好在我们提前感受到了室内活动的乐趣。
It rained over the weekend, fortunately we had already felt the joy of indoor activities.
In this sentence, '好在' is used to mean 'fortunately', introducing a positive note despite the mentioned situation before it.
他的学习进度有点慢，好在他持之以恒没有放弃。
His learning progress is a bit slow; fortunately, he perseveres and has not given up.
Here, '好在' serves as a connector to a positive aspect of the situation, showing persistence contrary to the mentioned difficulty.
我们遇到了交通堵塞，好在出门之前预留了足够的时间。
We encountered traffic congestion; fortunately, we had allocated enough time before going out.
'好在' is employed to introduce an alleviating fact after describing an adverse condition, indicating a fortunate element.
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