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The character 俨 (yǎn), traditional 儼, is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical is 亻 (rén), indicating a connection to human behavior or appearance. The phonetic component is 严 (yán), simplified from 嚴, which also carries an underlying sense of strictness. The primary meaning describes a person's majestic, dignified, or solemn demeanor. This sense later extended to an adverbial meaning, "just like" or "strikingly similar to", as seen in the compound 俨然 (yǎnrán), which often describes something neatly arranged or closely resembling a particular state.
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他俨然是个老师。
她俨然像个大人。
这孩子俨然是个小天才。
他俨然地站在那里。
在比赛中，他俨然是个高手。
尽管经验不足，他俨然承担起了责任。
她俨然地指挥着整个团队，效率很高。
在紧急情况下，他俨然地做出了关键决策，赢得了大家的尊敬。