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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

公然 [gōngrán]
  1. 1. adverb openly

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

公然 [gōngrán]
  1. 1. [贬语] openly; undisguisedly; brazenly
    公然背叛
    openly betray
    公然撕毁协议
    brazenly tear up an agreement

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

公然 [gōngrán]
  1. 1. 明目张胆地;毫无顾忌地
    公然反对
    公然侵犯

Examples

公然撕毁协议
brazenly tear up an agreement
公然袒护
openly shield
公然侵犯
Many carried signs and denounced the overthrow as undemocratic.
许多人举着标语,公然指责这样推翻政权是不民主的。 。
Employment training guidelines discriminate directly against older people.
就业培训指导公然歧视年纪较大的人。
Once again the threat of outright war was brought into play.
公然的战争威胁再次显露出来。
This approach flies in the face of established practice.
这个方法公然违抗了成规惯例。
There are many reasons why people don't speak out against injustice.
人们不能公然反对不公正是有许多原因的。

Collocations

公然与人民为敌
an open challenge to the people
公然作弊
to cheat openly

Word Decomposition


[gōng]
+
[rán]

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