不然 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 不然 hsk 5

不然

Definition not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?

Usage

中文释义不合理;不对。不如此，不是这样。不虞;意外。不许可。不以为是。 6.不敬，不从命。然，通"戁"。 7.难道;不成。 8.连词。相当于"否则"。

Characters 不 bù/bú 然 rán

COMMON WORDS WITH 不然
	要不然 yào bù rán otherwise / or else / or

	不以为然 ( 不以為然 ) bù yǐ wéi rán not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to ( 不以為然 )

	不然的话 ( 不然的話 ) bù rán de huà otherwise ( 不然的話 )

	果不其然 guǒ bù qí rán just as expected / told you so

	其实不然 ( 其實不然 ) qí shí bù rán In fact, that is not the case. / Actually, that is not the case. / But it's not true. ( 其實不然 )

	不尽然 ( 不盡然 ) bù jìn rán not exactly so / not necessarily so ( 不盡然 )

	大谬不然 ( 大謬不然 ) dà miù bù rán entirely wrong ( 大謬不然 )

	不知其所以然 bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán I don't know why

	如若不然 rú ruò bù rán If not

	终不然 ( 終不然 ) zhōng bù rán Not at all ( 終不然 )

	莫不然 mò bù rán equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)

	不自然 bù zì rán unnatural / artificial

	不期然而然 bù qī rán ér rán happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations

	知其然而不知其所以然 zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán to know that it is so but not why it is so (idiom)

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