偶然
ǒu rán
Pinyin

Definition

偶然
 - 
ǒu rán
  1. incidentally
  2. occasional
  3. occasionally
  4. by chance
  5. randomly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

依然
yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
果然
guǒ rán
  1. 1 really
  2. 2 sure enough
  3. 3 as expected
  4. 4 if indeed
然后
rán hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 then (afterwards)
  3. 3 after that
  4. 4 afterwards
当然
dāng rán
  1. 1 only natural
  2. 2 as it should be
  3. 3 certainly
  4. 4 of course
  5. 5 without doubt

Idioms (20)

一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
井然有序
jǐng rán yǒu xù
  1. 1 everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire

Sample Sentences

偶然］徐志摩
ǒurán ］Xú Zhìmó
Happenstance by Xu Zhimo
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偶然投影在你的波心
ǒurán tóuyǐng zài nǐ de bōxīn
My shadow happens across your stirring bosom
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哎呀，你别随意臆造联系啦。这可是迷信。所谓的因果事件有些只不过是偶然。我是不信这些的。我觉得这些鬼神之说实在是太飘渺了。
āiyā ，nǐ bié suíyì yìzào liánxì la 。zhè kěshì míxìn 。suǒwèi de yīnguǒ shìjiàn yǒuxiē zhǐ bùguò shì ǒurán 。wǒ shì bùxìn zhèxiē de 。wǒ juéde zhèxiē guǐshén zhī shuō shízài shì tài misty le 。
Oh man, you shouldn't just make connections as you see fit. That's just superstition. Some of these so-called causes-and-effects are just random chance. I don't believe in this stuff. I think they don’t really exist.
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我也是偶然翻相片
wǒ yě shì ǒurán fān xiàngpiān
I still flip through photo albums sometimes
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