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竟然

jìng rán · jing ran

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. in spite of everything
  4. in that crazy way
  5. actually
  6. to go as far as to

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)竟(jìng)然(rán)还(hái)给(gěi)我(wǒ)装(zhuāng)傻(shǎ)。

Despite everything he is still playing dumb.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by konkorde · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)太(tài)愚(yú)蠢(chǔn)了(le)...我(wǒ)竟(jìng)然(rán)试(shì)着(zhe)给(gěi)你(nǐ)解(jiě)释(shì)我(wǒ)自(zì)己(jǐ)都(dōu)不(bù)懂(dǒng)的(de)东(dōng)西(xi)。

I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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