但

但 [dàn] 副

1. ■ （只） only; just; merely:

不求有功，但求无过 do not hope to distinguish oneself, but only not to make mistakes;

但说无妨 just speak out what is on your mind;

在辽阔的原野上，但见麦浪随风起伏。 On the vast fields, one sees nothing but the wheat billowing in the wind.

连

1. ■ （但是） but; yet; still; nevertheless:

他们都去了，但我没去。 They all went but I didn't.

他早已年过60,但毫不见老。 He's well over sixty, but he doesn't look at all old.

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

但钦 Dan Qin