created sense approved 之所以 · zhīsuǒyǐ · the reason why — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
之所以
zhīsuǒyǐ
the reason why
Used in the first part of a sentence to state a result, while the second part explains the cause, often paired with [[是因为|是因為|shi4 yin1 wei4]].
之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [nominalizer] 所以 (literal) → 所以 · suǒyǐ · reason
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition