既然 jìrán
conjunction
since / as / this being the case
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
, Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the subordinate clause of subordinate complex sentences. It is often used in the pattern 既然…，就… to express a conclusion deduced from a premise (Sun 2006, loc. 2069).
Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in
| Collection | Document Title | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| The Scholars 《儒林外史》 | 第四回 Chapter 4 | 2 |
| The Scholars 《儒林外史》 | 第三十五回 Chapter 35 | 2 |
| Book of Jin 《晉書》 | 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two | 1 |
| Wenxuan 《文選》 | 卷十四 Scroll 14 | 1 |
| Book of Han 《漢書》 | 卷六十九 趙充國辛慶忌傳 Volume 69: Zhao Chongguo and Xin Qingji | 1 |
| The Scholars 《儒林外史》 | 第二十一回 Chapter 21 | 1 |
| Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》 | 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu | 1 |
| The Scholars 《儒林外史》 | 第三十九回 Chapter 39 | 1 |
| The Scholars 《儒林外史》 | 第十四回 Chapter 14 | 1 |
| Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》 | 卷六十四 吳書十九 諸葛滕二孫濮陽傳 Volume 64: Book of Wu 19 - Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the two Suns, and Puyang | 1 |