correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly

= + : Robinson Crusoe is grilling some dog meat on his BBQ in the anthill's kitchen, but it's hard to do it correctly because of all the animal rights activists. They think it's not right to grill dog meat.

然 character breakdown

"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.
dog meat / old variant of 然[ran2]

= + : In the anthill's kitchen, Robinson Crusoe serves the St Bernard Dog Robinson's favourite dish from when he was stranded on that island. He serves it in a moon-shaped bowl, and it it some kind of meat, which the dog happily eats. He would be shocked to find out that it's dog meat he's eating.

Characters with 然 as component

to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is igniting (燃) a fire (火) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) hoping (燃) to cook his dinner there, but soon people come over and tell him it's not right (然) to do so because of the potential carbon monoxide poisoning.
to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese)
old variant of 然[ran2]

Words with 然

not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
not always; not entirely / not necessarily so; not entirely correct
obvious at a glance (idiom)
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
unnatural / artificial
to be well aware of sth / to understand clearly
to be well aware; to understand clearly
happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations

Sentences with 然

bù
rán
jiù
chi̅
ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
zhè
yi̅
quán