竟然 jìng rán unexpectedlyto one's surprisein spite of everythingin that crazy wayactuallyto go as far as to Example sentences 刚刚才出大太阳,怎么现在竟然下雨了呢? gānggang cái chū dà tàiyang, zěnme xiànzài jìngrán xià yǔle ne? The sun just came out, how is suddenly raining now? 没有想到这么多年的朋友竟然因为一点小钱就吵架了。 méiyǒu xiǎngdào zhème duōnián de péngyou jìngrán yīn wèi yīdiǎn xiǎoqián jiù chǎojiàle. I didn't expect my friends of so many years would quarrel over a small amount of money