Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

只不過

zhǐbuguò

ㄓˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

Simplified 只不过

  1. 1only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. 2it's just that ...
Example

這只不過是個藉口。

zhè zhǐbúguò shì gè jièkǒu

That's just an excuse.

Keep 只不過 and it comes back until you know it.

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