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Use 但是 between two clauses to show that the second clause contrasts with the first; good for describing opposing facts or attitudes.
"他身材矮小，但是头脑敏捷，非常机智。"
Use 如果 to introduce a condition and 就 to show the result; describes what will happen when the condition is met.
"如果楚国是个人国，就应当请我从城门出入。"
Use 只好 before a verb to show that, because there is no better option, the speaker must take that action.
"楚王听说了这番话，只好让大开城门请他进来。"
Use 怎么…呢 to ask a rhetorical question, often to express surprise, doubt, or criticism about the preceding situation.
"怎么派你这么个矮小的人来呢？"
Use 才 to emphasize that something happens only after a particular condition or to contrast with a wrong assumption; it can also show that an action is not easy or obvious.
"出使狗国的人，才从狗洞进去。"
to be (followed by substantives only)
(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
(literary) tributary; branch of a river
base (of an object)
to explain; to comment
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
only; as little as
to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])
to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
I; me; my
(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
(bound form) class; rank; grade
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