But
dàn
Adverb
[1] indicates range, equivalent to "only", "only"
No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but people can hear their voices. (There are no people in the mountains, only the noisy voices of people can be heard.) ——?Wang Wei's "Deer Chai (zhai)"
People come and go on the river, but they love the beautiful sea bass. (People who come and go on the river only like the delicious taste of seabass.) ——Fan Zhongyan, "The Fisherman on the River"
When you die, you know that everything is in vain, but you will not see the same sadness as Jiuzhou. (I originally knew that there would be nothing after death, but I felt sad that I had not witnessed the reunification of the motherland with my own eyes.) - Lu You? "Shi'er"
But I heard the splashing of the Yellow River. ──"Yuefu Poems·Mulan Poems"
Another example: But already (nothing more); But Wan (allow; casually); But can (only have to)
[2 ]Although, although
This is a private room, but you can sit down. ──"A Dream of Red Mansions"
But
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[3] It's just; but──means a turning point
On business, there is a sense of leisure, but not in a hurry. ──Cao Pi's "A Letter to Wu Zhi"
[4] As long as── expresses a hypothesis or condition
But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not taught to cross the Yin Mountain. (If the flying general Li Guang was still alive, he would definitely not let the Xiongnu army cross the Yinshan Mountains.) ── Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty, "Two Poems on Going Out of the Fortress"
But if you call a concubine with a card, she will come out.
──"Warning Words"