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但
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (17)
不但
bùdàn
not only (... but also...)
但丁
Dàndīng
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy [[神曲]]
但是
dànshì
but
但书
dànshū
proviso
但愿
dànyuàn
if only (sth were possible)
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
马但
Mǎdàn
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
但尼生
Dànníshēng
Tennyson (name)
约但河
YuēdànHé
variant of [[約旦河|约旦河<YuēdànHé>]]
圣但尼
Shèngdànní
St Denis or St Dennis
但以理书
Dànyǐlǐshū
Book of Daniel
但说无妨
dànshuōwúfáng
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
但愿如此
dànyuànrúcǐ
if only it were so
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 (5)
人的一生可以什么也没有，但不能没有朋友，而且必须要有自己真正的朋友。
Rén de yīshēng kěyǐ shénme yě méiyǒu,dàn bùnéng méiyǒu péngyou,érqiě bìxū yào yǒu zìjǐ zhēnzhèng de péngyou.
In life, a person can have nothing, but cannot be without friends, and must have their own true friends.
Text 5
虽然第一印象不总是对的，但如果想改变却很困难。
Suīrán dì yī yìnxiàng bù zǒng shì duì de, dàn rúguǒ xiǎng gǎibiàn què hěn kùnnán.
Although first impressions are not always right, if you want to change them, it is very difficult.
Text 5
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
能来。虽然这次来北京，时间安排得很紧张，但我一定借这次机会去跟大家见见面。
Néng lái. Suīrán zhè cì lái Běijīng, shíjiān ānpái de hěn jǐnzhāng, dàn wǒ yídìng jiè zhè cì jīhuì qù gēn dàjiā jiàn jiàn miàn.
I can come. Although the schedule for this trip to Beijing is very tight, I will definitely take this opportunity to meet everyone.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 94
- Word Frequency Rank
- 71 of 84,292