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不过 bù guò

HSK 4 word · traditional 不過

Meanings

• only
• merely
• no more than
• but
• however
• anyway (to get back to a previous topic)

Characters

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 过 guò: to cross

Example sentences

他不过是个孩子。
He is but a child.
Tatoeba #4270097 by notabene (CC BY 2.0 FR)

不过我们会讲上海话。
But, we can speak Shanghainese.
Tatoeba #10022454 by GlossaMatik (CC BY 2.0 FR)

人生不过是一场空梦。
Life is but an empty dream.
Tatoeba #13998242 by jan_OkulaJu (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).