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HSK 3
HSK 2
但
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (17)
马但
Mǎdàn
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
不但
bùdàn
not only (... but also...)
撒但
Sādàn
variant of [[撒旦<Sādàn>]], Satan or Shaitan
约但
Yuēdàn
variant of [[約旦|约旦]], Jordan
非但
fēidàn
not only
但是
dànshì
but
但书
dànshū
proviso
但丁
Dàndīng
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy [[神曲]]
但愿
dànyuàn
if only (sth were possible)
约但河
YuēdànHé
variant of [[約旦河|约旦河<YuēdànHé>]]
圣但尼
Shèngdànní
St Denis or St Dennis
但尼生
Dànníshēng
Tennyson (name)
但愿如此
dànyuànrúcǐ
if only it were so
但以理书
Dànyǐlǐshū
Book of Daniel
但说无妨
dànshuōwúfáng
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
格但斯克
Gédànsīkè
Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland
不求有功，但求无过
bùqiúyǒugōng,dànqiúwúguò
special achievement not required, just no hyperactive blunders (idiom); not hoping to acquire merit, just avoiding mistakes
Example Sentences (2)
爱情是结婚的重要原因，但两个人共同生活，不仅需要浪漫的爱情，更需要性格上互相吸引。
Àiqíng shì jiéhūn de zhòngyào yuányīn,dàn liǎng gè rén gòngtóng shēnghuó,bùjǐn xūyào làngmàn de àiqíng,gèng xūyào xìnggé shàng hùxiāng xīyǐn.
Love is an important reason to get married, but for two people to live together, they not only need romantic love; more importantly, they need mutual attraction in terms of personality.
Text 5
虽然我们认识的时间不长，但我从来没这么快乐过。
Suīrán wǒmen rènshi de shíjiān bù cháng, dàn wǒ cónglái méi zhème kuàilè guò.
Although we haven't known each other for long, I've never been this happy before.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 94
- Word Frequency Rank
- 71 of 84,292