不过

bù guò · bu guo

Traditional 不過

Meaning

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  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)在(zài)电(diàn)视(shì)上(shàng)看(kàn)到(dào)过(guo)他(tā),不(bú)过(guò)没(méi)有(yǒu)看(kàn)到(dào)过(guo)他(tā)本(běn)人(rén)。

I have seen him on TV but not in the flesh.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)店(diàn)不(bú)大(dà),不(bú)过(guò)东(dōng)西(xi)很(hěn)全(quán)。

This shop isn't big, but it has a full range of goods.

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