毅然决然

毅然決然

yìrán-juérán

idiom #49,090

Meanings

HSK 5

面对压力，他毅然决然地选择了说出真相。

Miànduì yālì, tā yìrán-juérán de xuǎnzé le shuō chū zhēnxiàng.

Faced with pressure, he resolutely chose to tell the truth.

HSK 7-9

她毅然决然地辞掉工作，去乡下教书。

Tā yìrán-juérán de cídiào gōngzuò, qù xiāngxia jiāoshū.

She resolutely quit her job and went to teach in the countryside.

grammar

Almost always followed by 地 + verb. Modifies a one-time decisive action, not an ongoing state.

memory

Two 然 ('-ly') endings stacked together. The doubled adverbial suffix amplifies the resolve: 'firm-ly, decided-ly.'

毅 yì

然 rán

决 jué