所以然
suǒ yǐ rán
Pinyin
Definition
所以然
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- the reason why
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
- 1 before
- 2 formerly
- 3 previous
- 4 ago
- 1 after
- 2 later
- 3 afterwards
- 4 following
- 5 later on
- 6 in the future
- 1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
- 1 can
- 2 may
- 3 possible
- 4 able to
- 5 not bad
- 6 pretty good
Idioms (20)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一无所知
- 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
- 2 without an inkling
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)