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Openly in Chinese: 公然 (gōng rán)

gōng rán

openly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1openly
  2. 2publicly
  3. 3undisguised

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公
然

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他竟然公然说谎，一点也不脸红。

    tā jìng rán gōng rán shuō huǎng， yì diǎn yě bù liǎn hóng。

    He blatantly lied without so much as blushing.

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Related words

公

gōng

public

公斤

gōng jīn

kilogram (kg)

公司

gōng sī

company

当然

dāng rán

only natural

公园

gōng yuán

park (for public recreation)

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

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