所以然 suǒyǐrán

suǒyǐrán phrase the reason why
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '所以然')

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知其然而不知其所以然

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra (Echamo Pusa Jing) 阿差末菩薩經 — count: 31
  • Scroll 23 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 21 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 21 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 20 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 19 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 19 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 25 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 19 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 5 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 18 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 4 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 17
  • Scroll 43 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 17 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Niepan Zong Yao 涅槃宗要 — count: 17
  • Scroll 47 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 17 , has English translation , has parallel version

Collocations

  • 知所以然 (知所以然) 罔知所以然而能然者 — Zhu Weimojie Jing 注維摩詰經, Scroll 1 — count: 4