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居然

jūrán
adverbHSK 5

“Unexpectedly” in Chinese is 居然 (jūrán).

Meaning

  • unexpectedly
  • to one's surprise
  • go so far as to

Example

我居然忘记了今天有课!

I completely forgot that there was class today!

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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