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只是

Mandarin · pinyin zhǐ shì

merely; only; just; nothing but
simply
but; however

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只: zhǐ · only, just, simply
是: shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that

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3–4 · zhi3 shi4

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