MEANING/意义
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and so; as well as; but (not) ; yet (not) ; (indicates contrast) ; and (in addition to) ; (indicates causal relation) ; (indicates change of state)Type conjunction/连词
而
EXAMPLES/列句
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视...而定
be settled depending on... -
而今安在？
(lit.) And where is it now?
COMBINATIONS/组合
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而且
besides; moreover; and (with)
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而今
now; at the present (time)
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而言
with regard to
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而非
(used in a four-character idiom) ...but not quite
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而已
that's all; nothing more
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而是
rather; but that
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而此
(ancient Chinese) like this
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而已
that's all; nothing more
