然

rán

correct

right; so; thus; like this; -ly

meat/sound (肰) + fire (灬) = so, thus

肰 gives the sound rán; the fire beneath (灬) recalls the original meaning — burning flesh — which was borrowed purely for its sound to mean 'thus, so, like this.'

肰+灬→然

灬FireSemantic

肰Dog meatPhonetic

他说的话固然有道理，但我还是有些疑问。

tā shuō de huà gù rán yǒu dào lǐ , dàn wǒ hái shì yǒu xiē yí wèn 。

what he said is admittedly reasonable, but i still have some doubts.

事情既然已经这样了，我们就接受现实吧。

shì qíng jì rán yǐ jīng zhè yàng le , wǒ men jiù jiē shòu xiàn shí ba 。

since things are already like this, let us just accept reality.

Words with 然

所以然

suǒ yǐ rán

the reason why

卧龙自然保护区

wò lóng zì rán bǎo hù qū

Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan, home of the giant panda 大熊貓|大熊猫[da4 xiong2 mao1]

道貌岸然

dào mào àn rán

sanctimonious

遽然

jù rán

(literary) all of a sudden

邈然

miǎo rán

distant; remote

释然

shì rán

relieved

虽然

suī rán

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

铿然

kēng rán

(literary) resonant

阉然

yān rán

covertly

阒然

qù rán

quiet

防患于未然

fáng huàn yú wèi rán

see 防患未然[fang2 huan4 wei4 ran2]

防患未然

fáng huàn wèi rán

to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)