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The Chinese word danshi - 但是 - dànshì
(but in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
dànshì
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English translations
but, only,
nevertheless, yet, however
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The traditional Chinese characters of dànshì are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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but, only | to be
但是 ( danshi / dànshì ) belongs to the 50 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 25)
但是 ( danshi / dànshì ) belongs to the 50 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 25)
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