不但

HSK 3#4161 by frequencyradical 一

bù dàn["c"]

not only (... but also ...)

Examples

她不但漂亮，而且聪明。

She is as clever as she is beautiful.

他不但没帮我，还骂了我。

Not only did he refuse to help me, but also he scolded me.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.