Dictionary/竟然

竟然

竟然 jìng rán

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊ
AdvHSK 4TOCFL L4core 10k
1unexpectedly
2to one's surprise
3in spite of everything
4in that crazy way
5actually
6to go as far as to

Characters

竟然

Examples

mǎi买piào票de的rén人lóng龙jìng rán竟然nà me那么cháng长！
买票的人龙竟然那么长！
The queue for buying tickets was unbelievably long.
奇怪的是，村子里竟然一个人也没有。
To my surprise, there were no people in the village.
你竟然做出那样的事来，你还是人吗？
It is wicked of you to do such things.

In the story library

叶公好龙（详读本）L3

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