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竟然

jìngrán
adverbHSK 4

“Unexpectedly” in Chinese is 竟然 (jìngrán).

Meaning

  • unexpectedly
  • to one's surprise
  • in spite of everything
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  • in that crazy way
  • actually
  • to go as far as to

Example

真是无法相信,竟然发生了这样的事情

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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