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MEANING OF 然而 hsk 4
rán ér
然而
however / yet / but
但是 不过 可是 而是 只是 唯独 然则
’ér〈连〉用在后半名话的开头，表示转折：他虽然失败了很多次，～并不灰心。
然 rán 而 ér
COMMON WORDS WITH 然而
自然而然
zì rán ér rán
involuntary / automatically
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
戛然而止
jiá rán ér zhǐ
with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
翩然而至
piān rán ér zhì
come trippingly
霍然而愈 ( 霍然而癒 )
huò rán ér yù
to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly
( 霍然而癒 )
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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