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但
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Definitions
- 1. but; yet; however; still
- 2. merely; only; just
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 但
Book of Daniel
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
Tennyson (name)
St Denis or St Dennis
Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland
if only (sth were possible)
proviso
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
not only (... but also ...)
not only
but; however
every single
if only it were so
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)