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82riceballs -

我們正好到屏東去玩，便順道去拜訪他。
My translation: At that time, we were vacationing in Pingdong, so it was convenient for us to
visit him.

does 便 here mean "it is convenient" or "so that" or both? how else can 便 be used? can you
please supply an example sentence?

多謝！

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muyongshi -

便 is 就的意思

David Huo -

It means consequntly or thereforeYour translation only gave the judgment that it was convenient to
do something, but didn’t give the result, which is, the writer and his/her gang actually paid a
visit to “him”.

Moreover, “便” does not mean convenient here, it means “consequently” or “therefore”.

At that time, we were vacationing in Pingdong, so we took the chance to pay him a visit.

Under such meaning, the word is not often used in spoken Chinese, where it is always replaced by
“就”

82riceballs -

謝謝！

magudo -

便 could be 於是（so）

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