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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

然后 [ránhòu]

1. conjunction afterwards

我先看新闻，然后吃晚饭。

I'm watching the news first, and I'll have supper afterwards.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

然后 [ránhòu]

1. then; after that; afterwards

我们先研究一下，然后再决定。

We'll consider the problem carefully before coming to any decision.

我们看了一场电影，然后就回家了。

We saw a film, and after that we went home.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

然后 [ránhòu]

1. 连表示一件事情之后接着又发生另一件事情

先调查研究，然后再下结论。

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Examples

他慢慢地，不慌不忙地从椅子上站起来，然后开始讲话。: Slowly and deliberately he rose from his chair and began to speak.
客人们互相谦让了一下，然后落了座。: The guests politely offered their seats to each other before finally settling down in them.
我们看了一场电影，然后就回家了。: We saw a film, and after that we went home.
代表团将在首都访问三天，然后再到外地游览。: The delegation will pay a three-day visit to the capital before leaving for other parts of the country.
妈妈往面粉中加了一小勺焙粉，然后开始搅拌。: Mother adds a spoon of baking-powder in the flour, and then begins to churn it up.
她用一块布垫底，然后才在箱子里放上衣服。: She put a piece of cloth at the bottom of the case, and then put clothes in.
这幅照片需要用修图软件打开，然后再做一个水平翻转。: This picture should be processed by photo software and be flipped horizontally.
你最好把这项大任务分成几个小任务，然后各个击破。: You'd better divide the big task into several small tasks and complete them separately.
他在供案上摆放了各种供品，然后开始跪拜祭祀。: After putting various offerings on the altar table, he kneeled down and began to offer sacrifices to the ancestors.; 467 more results

Collocations

然后离开: and then then leave
首先……然后……: first ……then ……

Word Decomposition

然 [rán]	+	后 [hòu]

nciku Note

Paired conjunctions as conveyors of sequence

Paired conjunctions as conveyors of sequence

A conjunction is a word or expression that acts as a transition between clauses and phrases in a complex sentence. For example: "不但……而且……" búdàn...érqiě... (not only … but also …), "如果……就……" rúguǒ...jiù... (if… then…), and "总而言之" zǒng'éryánzhī (all in all), where the first clause or phrase is connected to the following clause or phrase by a conjunction.

In a sequenced sentence, every action in the sentence must be successive. “首先” shǒuxiān is used before the first clause while “然后” ránhòu or “其次” qícì and “接着” jiēzhe are used before the second clause (which can actually be omitted). “其次” is often used to express logical order and means " secondly " .
(1) 首先把水煮开，然后把面进锅里。
(2) 他做了一下热身运动，接着跳进了游泳池。
(3) 首先，要学会做人，其次，要学会做事。

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