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只能

zhǐ néng

HSK 2 · word 1203 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他只能看着。

tā zhǐ néng kàn zhe

He could only watch.

Characters in 只能

只 only plus 能 can. Can only, marking the absence of an alternative rather than a limit on ability.

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