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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

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

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