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当然

dāng rán

HSK 3 · word 1377 of 3,000

Meaning

• only natural
• as it should be
• certainly

Example sentence

Characters in 当然

• 当 dāng to be
• 然 rán so, thus; forms adverbs, like English -ly

当 to be fitting plus 然, the adverb suffix. Of course is what is properly so; the same 然 gives 忽然 and 突然.

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