Translation of 居然 to English with examples of 居然 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

居然

jū rán

adv. unexpectedly, to one's surprise

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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.

EXAMPLES

我真蠢，居然连这个都不知道。

我真蠢，居然連這個都不知道。

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).

他居然连苹果核都吃掉了。

他居然連蘋果核都吃掉了。

tā jū rán lián píng guǒ hé dōu chī diào le .

phr. He even ate the core of the apple.

你居然跟你父亲吵架!

你居然跟你父親吵架!

nǐ jū rán gēn nǐ fù qin chǎo jià !

n. How could you quarrel with your father?

他居然考上了博士，真牛！

tā jū rán kǎo shàng le bó shì, zhēn niú !

phr. He unexpectedly passed Ph.d Entrance exam. (He's) awesome!

他的菜居然烧得这么好，倒也是件令人想不到的事。

他的菜居然燒得這麼好，倒也是件令人想不到的事。

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.

昨天锻炼了这么多，晚上睡觉居然老是醒。

昨天鍛煉了這麼多，晚上睡覺居然老是醒。

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.