所以然 suǒyǐrán
suǒyǐrán
phrase
the reason why
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '所以然')
Contained in
- 知其然而不知其所以然 to know that it is so but not why it is so
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 5
- 卷六十三 列傳第五十一: 周惠達 馮景 蘇綽 Volume 63 Biographies 51: Zhou Huida, Feng Jing, Su Chao History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 4
- 卷23 列傳第15 蘇綽 Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 4
- 卷十七 雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 3
- 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷十一 小取 Book 11 - Minor Illustrations Mozi 墨子 — count: 2
- 《子張第十九》 Commentary on Zi Zhang XIX Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 卷21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 2
- 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 《晉世家》 House of Jin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 2
Collocations
- 道所以然 (道所以然) 賈生因具道所以然之狀 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 7
- 问所以然 (問所以然) 勿問所以然 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 3
- 诘所以然 (詰所以然) 帝輒詰所以然 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百五十二 列傳第七十七 張姜武李宋 Volume 152 Biographies 77: Zhang, Jiang, Wu, Li, Song — count: 2
- 自知所以然 (自知所以然) 其人亦不自知所以然也 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 2
- 所以然耳 (所以然耳) 所以然耳 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十七上 列傳第一百三十七上: 忠義上 Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 1 — count: 2