然则

然則

ránzé

conjunction #48,756

Meanings

HSK 3

然则我们应该如何处理这件事？

Ránzé wǒmen yīnggāi rúhé chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì?

That being the case, how should we handle this matter?

HSK 7-9

然则此事不可不察。

Ránzé cǐ shì bùkě bù chá.

In that case, this matter cannot go uninvestigated.

然则 is literary/classical and rarely used in casual speech. Modern equivalents are 那么 (nàme) or 那 (nà) for 'then / in that case'.

history

Famous from the Song-dynasty essay 岳阳楼记 by 范仲淹: 然则何时而乐耶 'Then when shall they be glad?'

然 rán

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