毅然

• ピンイン: yì rán
• 漢字の分解: 毅 = 豙 + 殳 (wild boar + weapon — tenacity, resoluteness); 然 = 灬 + 肰 (fire + meat — state suffix, forming manner adverbs)

意味

毅然と（きっぱりと）

A formal adverb almost always modifying a verb that involves a significant decision or sacrifice. Common collocations: 毅然决然 (resolutely and decisively — emphatic form), 毅然放弃 (to resolutely give up), 毅然选择 (to decisively choose), 毅然离开 (to leave resolutely). Carries a tone of admirable resolve and is frequently used in biographical and news writing to praise courageous decisions.

例文

1. 面对外界的质疑和家人的反对，她毅然放弃了收入稳定的银行工作，转而全身心投入到自己热爱的公益教育事业中。
2. 在公司陷入财务危机、大批投资者撤资的关键时刻，董事长毅然决然地将个人资产全部注入，保住了数百名员工的工作岗位。
3. 得知家乡发生严重地震后，这支正在海外参加学术交流的医疗团队毅然中断行程，第一时间赶赴灾区参与救援工作。

使い方ガイド

場面: biography, news, praise, narrative, historical writing

トーン: admiring

正しい言い方

• 拿到海外全额奖学金后，这位年轻科学家毅然留在国内山区，继续推进自己负责的净水项目。(After receiving a full scholarship abroad, this young scientist resolutely stayed in a remote mountain area in China to continue her water purification project.)
• 面对重重阻碍和同事相继撤手，这位调查记者仍毅然追查三年，最终揭开一桩重大腐败案。(Despite repeated obstacles and colleagues pulling out one by one, this investigative reporter still persisted for three years and eventually uncovered a major corruption case.)

避ける言い方

• 他毅然吃了晚饭 — 毅然 must describe an action involving genuine sacrifice, risk, or opposition to pressure; applying it to trivial daily actions sounds ironic or grammatically absurd; reserve it for consequential decisions

起源と歴史

毅 (resolute — 豙 wild boar + 殳 weapon; tenacious resistance) + 然 (so/thus — 灬 fire + 肰 meat over fire; the state of things as they are — here a suffix forming manner adverbs)

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal