zhǐ bu guò

Traditional: 只不過

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只不过 (zhǐ bu guò) is a Chinese word meaning “only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...”.

Meanings

  1. 1only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. 2it's just that ...
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 只不过

只zhǐ · only; merely; just不bù · no; not so过guò · to cross

Related words

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