"但" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Structure
Decomp. 亻日一
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Prononciation
Mandarin dàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin dan4
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OAM
人日一
Sijiao 2621.0
Wubi WJGG
CNS 11643 1-487E
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+4F46
GB2312 B5AB
BIG5 A6FD
 dàn but / yet / however / only / merely / still
Results beginning with 但
 dàn shì but / however
 dàn yuàn if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)
 dàn fán every single / as long as
 Dàn dīng Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
 dàn shū proviso / qualifying clause
 Dàn ní shēng Tennyson (name) / Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet
 dàn shuō wú fáng there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
 Dàn yǐ lǐ shū Book of Daniel
 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so / I hope so (idiom)
Approximate Results for 但
 bù dàn not only (... but also...)
 fēi dàn not only
 Mǎ dàn Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
 Sā dàn variant of 撒旦[Sa1 dan4], Satan or Shaitan
 yí dàn if / in case / in a short time / once
 Yuē dàn variant of 約旦|约旦, Jordan
 Shèng dàn ní St Denis or St Dennis
 Yuē dàn Hé variant of 約旦河|约旦河[Yue1 dan4 He2]
 Gé dàn sī kè Gdansk, city on Baltic in north Poland
  Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts / Gdansk Convention
  common but differentiated responsibility
 bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
  serial monogamy
  common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities
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