Chinese

不過

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
only; merely
  • TOCFL 3
  • 必過
  • 不过
  • 必过

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  • characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
  • characterChinese過 “to cross; to pass; to go across; to pass through”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese咼 “slanting”
      • soundChinese冎 “bone”
      • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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