乃遂 nǎi suì — thereupon; then (literary) 乃遂 nǎi suì Characters: 乃 · 遂 Definitions thereupon; then (literary) Examples 他乃遂辞归乡里。 Thereupon he resigned and returned to his hometown. 事已至此,乃遂从其言。 Things having come to this, he then followed that advice.