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Involuntary in Chinese: 自然而然 (zì rán ér rán)

zì rán ér rán

involuntary

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1involuntary
  2. 2automatically

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  • 时间久了，他们自然而然成了朋友。

    shí jiān jiǔ le， tā men zì rán ér rán chéng le péng yǒu。

    As time passed, they naturally became friends.

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Related words

而

ér

and

自

zì

self

当然

dāng rán

only natural

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

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