I was surprised to see a lion.
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竟然
jìng rán
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jìng rán · ging2 jin4 (Jyutping)
- unexpectedly
- to one's surprise
- in spite of everything
- in that crazy way
- actually
- to go as far as to
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I'm surprised you're so naive.
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