固
然

Admittedly (it's true that...) in Chinese: 固然 (gù rán)

gù rán

admittedly (it's true that...)

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Definitions

  1. 1admittedly (it's true that...)

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固
然

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨˋ

gù

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这个办法固然好，可是太贵了。

    zhè ge bàn fǎ gù rán hǎo， kě shì tài guì le。

    This method is admittedly good, but it's too expensive.

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Related words

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

必然

bì rán

inevitable

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