但
dàn
Pinyin

Definition

但
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dàn
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. only
  5. merely
  6. still

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

但
dàn
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 yet
  3. 3 however
  4. 4 only
  5. 5 merely
  6. 6 still
但是
dàn shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
但丁
Dàn dīng
  1. 1 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
但凡
dàn fán
  1. 1 every single
  2. 2 as long as
但愿
dàn yuàn
  1. 1 if only (sth were possible)
  2. 2 I wish (that)
撒但
Sā dàn
  1. 1 variant of 撒旦[Sā dàn], Satan or Shaitan
非但
fēi dàn
  1. 1 not only

Idioms (3)

不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！
xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir5 ，zhè liǎndànr5 duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr5 zài zhèr5 wánr5 ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr5 gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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你说得很有道理，但是这个提案成本太高了。
nǐ shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli ，dànshì zhège tíàn chéngběn tài gāo le 。
What you say makes a lot of sense, but the proposal costs too high.
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这个提案好是好，但是成本太高了。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo ，dànshì chéngběn tài gāo le 。
This is a great idea, but the costs are too high.
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我了解你的意思，但是我不太认同。
wǒ liǎojiě nǐ de yìsi ，dànshì wǒ bù tài rèntóng 。
I understand what you mean, but I don’t really agree.
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我明白，但是我不太同意。
wǒ míngbai ，dànshì wǒ bù tài tóngyì 。
I understand, but I don’t really agree with it.
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你说得很有道理，但是我不这么认为。
nǐ shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli ，dànshì wǒ bù zhème rènwéi 。
You make a lot of sense, but I don’t think it this way.
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好是好，但是我有不同的看法。
hǎo shì hǎo ，dànshì wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
This is a great idea, but I have a different opinion.
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我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nu:3xu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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我去过欧洲，但只是走马看花。
wǒ qù guò Ōuzhōu ，dàn zhǐshì zǒumǎkànhuā 。
I have been to Europe, but only rushed through things.
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但是，我还是想不出好的企划。
dànshì ，wǒ háishi xiǎngbùchū hǎo de qǐhuà 。
But I can’t come up with any good ideas.
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