猛然 - Suddenly - Traditional Chinese word mnemonic

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suddenly

猛

fierce

然

meng3ran2 • měngrán

suddenly

abruptly

猛然 Suddenly is used to describe an event that 猛 fiercely occurs when least expected, 然 so it is considered very sudden.

車子猛然停住了。

The car suddenly stopped.

他猛然站起來了。

He suddenly stood up.

門猛然被打開。

The door was suddenly opened.