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What does 偶然 mean?

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偶然 ǒurán

accidental; by chance; occasionally

Its characters

  1. 偶 ǒu occasionally (as in 偶然, 偶尔)
  2. 然 rán right

In a sentence

我是在书店偶然遇见他的。 I ran into him by chance at a bookstore.

还有人认为,豆腐可能是有人不小心把海盐放进了豆浆里,偶然做出来的。

From 豆腐是谁发明的? · Who invented tofu? The legend of Liu An

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