unexpected and shocking
terribly angry
brightly; ablaze; with gleaming light
Examples
火光赫然屬天,有頃不見。
A fire lit brightly, as if reaching heaven, and shortly disappeared.
shockingly; to one's horror; horribly
Examples
趙盾就而視之,則赫然死人也。
Zhao Dun came close and took a look, and to his horror, it was a dead body.
with great vehemence; furiously
Examples
陳王赫然奮爪牙為天下首事。
King Chen, with great vehemence, unleashed his armed men and arose to the world's greatest emergency.