只不过

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不
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only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ...

Characters and words in 只不过

只
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
only / merely / just / but
只 = 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
只
祇
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
variant of 只[zhi3]
只
秖
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
grain that has begun to ripen
只
衹
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
variant of 只[zhi3]
只
隻
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
不
过
過
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
过
過
guò = gu + o4
surname Guo
过
過
guò = gu + o4
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
过 = 寸 + 辶 : Gitta Giraffe is trying out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom. She's even able to cross a puddle of water with them by just walking on the water, so thumbs up for her!
过
過
guo = gu + o5
(experienced action marker)

Words with 只不过

只不过 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 只不过

只不过 currently does not appear in any sentence.