然而:
1. yet
2. however
3. but
Relative explainations:
<nevertheless> <howbeit> <whereas> <whenas> <but then> <and yet> <still> <though> <withal> <algate> <howe'er>
Examples:
1. 面对这样的指责，许多人都会辞职的，然而他却留下并硬是挺了过来。
A lot of people would have resigned in the face of such accusations, but he stayed and toughed it out.
2. 我们尽可谈论美的事物，然而美本身却是抽象的。
We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.
3. 彗星象行星一样绕太阳运转，然而其轨道呈狭长的椭圆形。
Comets move around the sun like planets, but in long oval course.
4. 她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。
She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
5. 他确实是想帮忙，然而事实上却只是帮倒忙。
No doubt he means to help, but in fact he just get in the way.
6. 他是个经过改造的罪犯，然而仍有可能故态复萌。
He's a reformed criminal who may yet backslide.
7. 她病了。然而她照旧去上班，并且尽力集中精神工作。
She felt ill. She went to work, however, and tried to concentrate.
8. 简给他写了封长信，然而他一直没有回信。
Jane wrote him a long letter, but he never wrote back.
Be that as it may; nevertheless.
任凭；然而
We would mention, however, that...
然而我们将提及...
In spite of that; nevertheless
尽管如此；然而；不过
But history tolerates no distortion.
然而历史事实不容歪曲。
But what was the upshot?
然而结果又怎么样呢？
Moreover, the concessions have limits.
然而让步是有限度的。
Nevertheless, it is a good thing.
然而，这是件好事。
But this does not mean that there are no ups and downs.
然而不是没有起落的。
But where is China's Kemal?
然而中国的基马尔在何处？
Still, it is not exactly an offensive.
然而反攻不完全是进攻。