然而 rán ér — however; but

然而
rán ér

Characters: 然 · 而

Definitions

  1. however; but

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. however
  2. but
  3. yet

ExtDict

  1. 用在后半名话的开头，表示转折：他虽然失败了很多次，～并不灰心。

Examples

  • 计划做得很周密，然而执行起来还是出了意外。

    The plan was carefully laid out, yet something unexpected still went wrong in execution.

  • 他已经很努力了，然而结果并不如人意。

    He had tried very hard, yet the result fell short of expectations.

  • 前面看似平坦，然而走进去才发现全是沼泽。

    The way ahead looked flat, but once you stepped in, you found it was all marshland.