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不但

bùdàn

1. correlative conjunction not only (used in the first clause, usually paired with 而且, 还 or 也)

   他不但会说汉语，而且写得很好。

   Tā bùdàn huì shuō Hànyǔ, érqiě xiě de hěn hǎo.

   Not only can he speak Chinese, he also writes it well.

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