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Grammar Pattern Profile · bu-guo-er-yi
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不过...而已

📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
Structure: [主语/条件] + 不过 + [动词/短语] + 而已
💡 Usage:

Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.

Sentence Pattern

[Authentic Cinema Evidence Base]

(2 clips)
我不过是随口一句而已
00:02
我 不过 是随口一句 而已

(唯独不可能背叛殿下) ── Previous context

“I was simply saying”

《御赐小仵作》 · 05:53 [历史宫廷]
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不过一个王子而已
00:02
不过 一个王子 而已

(无妨) ── Previous context

“He is but a prince.”

《御赐小仵作》 · 29:31 [历史宫廷]
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