驀然

蓦然
mòrán
  1. suddenly
  2. sudden

CEDICT

  1. (formal) suddenly; all of a sudden
  2. suddenly; all of a sudden

Wiktionary

忽然。宋．辛棄疾〈青玉案．東風夜放花千樹〉詞：「眾裡尋他千百度，驀然迴首，那人卻在燈火闌珊處。」《水滸傳．第二一回》：「宋江喫了，驀然想起道：『如常喫他的湯藥，不曾要我還錢。』」也作「驀地」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 驀 mò
  1. leap on or over
  2. suddenly
2 然 rán
  1. correct
  2. right
  3. so
  4. thus
  5. like this
  6. -ly

Related entries

一霎眼 yīshàyǎn
  1. suddenly
  2. in an instant
俄 é
  1. suddenly
  2. very soon
最后，俄狄蒲斯回答了。

Finally, Oedipus replied.

Source: Tatoeba

倏忽 shūhū (literary) suddenly
倏然 shūrán (literary) suddenly
冷不丁 lěngbudīng
  1. suddenly
  2. by surprise
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