赫然 (hè rán): with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)

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HSK 7adjective

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Pinyin
Meaning: with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
Characters: 2
Part of speech: adjective
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

with astonishment
with a shock
awe-inspiringly
impressively
furiously (angry)

Chinese explanation

形容令人吃惊或引人注目的样子，常带有突然、意外之意。多用于描述看到出乎意料的事物时感到惊讶，如赫然在目
也可形容事物鲜明突出地显现出来，如赫然醒目。

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HSK 5

thus; so; however

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Example sentences

The moment she pushed open the hospital room door, she was astonished to find a letter to herself beside her mother's pillow.

When the lawyer turned to the last page of the contract, he was astonished to see the compensation amount was as high as five million yuan and gasped.

Returning to his hometown years later, he was astonished to find the alley where he played as a child had been rebuilt into a wide road.

The police pulled up the surveillance footage and were astonished to see the suspect had actually pried open the car door in broad daylight.

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