然而
Meaning
- however; but; yet
Example sentence
然而，相反的理论往往也是真的。
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Characters in 然而
- 然 rán so, thus; forms adverbs, like English -ly
- 而 ér and
然 so plus 而, and yet. 然 gives 虽然 and 当然; the written counterpart of 但是.