但 - dàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 2 - Easy
7 strokes
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但

proviso; qualifying clause

every single; as long as

if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)

but; yet; however

not only (... but also...)

not only

if only it were so; I hope so (idiom)

there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)

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