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当然
Traditional Chinese
當然
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
dāng rán
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
dong1 yin4
Short definition of course
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions of courseAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: of course
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: sameldc
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
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当然(dāng rán) of course
(wǒ) I
接受了(jiē shòu le) to accept
他的( tā de)
支援(zhī yuán) to back
请求(qǐng qiú) to request

Of course I accepted his offer of support.

世界(shì jiè) world
不是(bú shì) is not
如此(rú cǐ) so
糟糕(zāo gāo) shitty
当然(dāng rán) of course
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
成功(chéng gōng) to succeed
(hòu) behind
(tā) another
(huìkuài) will
(gēng gèng gèng) still
美好(měi hǎo) fine

The world is not so bad. Of course, it is better when you succeed.

(shì) is
是啊(shì a) yeah
当然(dāng rán) of course

Yes, yes, of course.

当然(dāng rán) of course
那些(nà xiē) those
热水瓶(rè shuǐ píng) vacuum bottle
是不是(shì bù shì) yes or no
他们自己(tā mén zì jǐ) themselves
(dedì) of
就不( jiù bù)
(dé děiděi) must
(ér) with
知了(zhī liǎo) cicada

Obviously, we don't know if those thermos flasks are their own.

([missing]) to chant
当然(dāng rán) of course

Oh, sure.

但是(dàn shì) but
当然(dāng rán) of course
(la) (onomat.)
事后诸葛亮(shì hòu zhū gě liàng) hindsight is 20-20
总是(zǒng shì) always
好当( hǎo dāng)

But, of course, hindsight is 20-20.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
当然(dāng rán) of course
没想(méixiǎng)
(guò) too-
会赢(huìyíng)

Tom certainly didn't expect to win.

当然(dāng rán) of course
(zhù) to pray
你好(nǐ hǎo) Hi
(yùn) to move

Sure. Good luck!

(tā) another
(huìkuài) will
说法(shuōfǎ) theory
(yǔ) dialect
英语(yīng yǔ) English
当然(dāng rán) of course
也会(yěhuì)
(shuō) to scold

He can speak French, not to mention English.

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