固然

gùrán
admittedly (it's true that...)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 固 gù
  1. hard
  2. strong
  3. solid
  4. sure
  5. assuredly
  6. undoubtedly
  7. of course
  8. indeed
  9. admittedly
2 然 rán
  1. correct
  2. right
  3. so
  4. thus
  5. like this
  6. -ly