居然

jū rán

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
Adverb

Definition

  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. go so far as to

Stroke order

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Example

這麼難的題目,他居然答對了。

He actually got such a hard question right.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).