No. 4,651 in Chinese
然後
"然後" means "then" or "afterwards."
In a sentence
我先做完功課，然後去看电影。
I will finish my homework first, and then go to watch a movie.
In this sentence, '然後' (ránhòu) is used as a conjunction to indicate the sequence of actions, showing what the speaker will do after completing the first action.
天气变冷了，然后我们穿上了厚衣服。
The weather became colder, and then we put on warm clothes.
'然後' (ránhòu) here again functions as a connector between two actions, implying causation or a subsequent event resulting from the described preceding situation.
她考虑了一会儿，然后回答了问题。
She thought for a while, and then answered the question.
In this example, '然後' serves as a marker of chronological order, denoting that the subsequent action took place after the first one.
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