使si2然jin4

si2 jin4shǐ rán

English

(literary) to make it so
to dictate
driven by; due to

粵語 — Cantonese

指某件事完全由前者導致、引起

Examples

個性使然
driven by one's personality
習慣使然
driven by one's habit
大家變得咁冷淡，都係社會變化使然嘅。
Our indifference is all due to the change of the society.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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