That couldn't have gone any worse.
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不过
Traditional: 不過
bù guò
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bù guò · bat1 gwo3 (Jyutping)
- only
- merely
- no more than
- but
- however
- anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
- cannot be more (after adjectival)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He is but a child.
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