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jū rán
adv. unexpectedly, to one's surprise
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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wǒ zhēn chǔn, jū rán lián zhè gè dōu bù zhī dào .
phr. I am so silly, I didn't even know about this (to my surprise).
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tā jū rán lián píng guǒ hé dōu chī diào le .
phr. He even ate the core of the apple.
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nǐ jū rán gēn nǐ fù qin chǎo jià !
n. How could you quarrel with your father?
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tā jū rán kǎo shàng le bó shì, zhēn niú !
phr. He unexpectedly passed Ph.d Entrance exam. (He's) awesome!
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tā de cài jū rán shāo de zhè me hǎo, dào yě shì jiàn lìng rén xiǎng bu dào de shì .
phr. His dishes are so well-cooked (he's so good at cooking); this is something quite unexpected.
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zuó tiān duàn liàn le zhè me duō, wǎn shàng shuì jiào jū rán lǎo shì xǐng .
phr. Yesterday (I) worked out a lot, (yet) surprisingly, during sleep at night, (I) still woke up all the time.