但书
dàn shū
Pinyin

Definition

但书
 - 
dàn shū
  1. proviso
  2. qualifying clause

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

但
dàn
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 yet
  3. 3 however
  4. 4 only
  5. 5 merely
  6. 6 still
但是
dàn shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
但丁
Dàn dīng
  1. 1 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
但凡
dàn fán
  1. 1 every single
  2. 2 as long as
但愿
dàn yuàn
  1. 1 if only (sth were possible)
  2. 2 I wish (that)
撒但
Sā dàn
  1. 1 variant of 撒旦[Sā dàn], Satan or Shaitan
非但
fēi dàn
  1. 1 not only

Idioms (3)

不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)

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