但凡
dàn fán
Pinyin

Definition

但凡
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dàn fán
  1. every single
  2. as long as

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
凡
fán
  1. 1 ordinary
  2. 2 commonplace
  3. 3 mundane
  4. 4 temporal
  5. 5 of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
  6. 6 every
  7. 7 all
  8. 8 whatever
  9. 9 altogether
  10. 10 gist
  11. 11 outline
  12. 12 note of Chinese musical scale
平凡
píng fán
  1. 1 commonplace
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 mediocre
下凡
xià fán
  1. 1 to descend to the world (of immortals)

Idioms (5)

不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 out of the common run
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)
肉眼凡胎
ròu yǎn fán tāi
  1. 1 ignoramus (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哪里！我家小店虽然其貌不扬，但这酒可是鼎鼎有名啊！但凡是喝了三碗的人，没有不醉的，因而也过不了前面的山冈。所以小店得名：“三碗不过冈”。
nǎli ！wǒ jiā xiǎodiàn suīrán qímàobùyáng ，dàn zhè jiǔ kěshì dǐngdǐngyǒumíng a ！dànfán shì hē le sān wǎn de rén ，méiyǒu bù zuì de ，yīnér yě guòbuliǎo qiánmian de shāngāng 。suǒyǐ xiǎodiàn démíng ：“sān wǎn bù guò gāng ”。
Not at all! Although my little place doesn't look like much, this wine is extremely well known! But there's no one who's not drunk after three bowls. Because of that, they can't get past the mountain ridge up ahead. So my little inn is called ``After Three Bowls, You Can't Cross the Ridge!"
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