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固然

gù rán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

固然 (gù rán) means "admittedly (it's true that...)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 固然 means

1. admittedly (it's true that...)

The characters in 固然

• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 你固然是错了，但也不能怪你。
  Nǐ gùrán shì cuò le, dàn yě bù néng guài nǐ.
  On the one hand, you are wrong, but on the other hand, I can't blame you for that.
• 婚姻生活固然有许多痛苦的地方，但单身也绝不是一件乐事。
  Hūnyīn shēnghuó gùrán yǒu xǔduō tòngkǔ de dìfang, dàn dānshēn yě juébù shì yī jiàn lèshì.
  Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Where 固然 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gòu–gù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gù rán correctly.
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