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只是

zhǐ shì

HSK 3 · word 2134 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他只是哭。

tā zhǐ shì kū

He did nothing but cry.

Characters in 只是

only plus , to be. Merely — and at the head of a clause it softens into a mild but.

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