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不仅仅

bù jǐn jǐn · bu jin jin

Traditional 不僅僅

HSK 6

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  1. not only; not just
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Running is more than exercise

  1. Liangliang

    跑步(pǎobù)不仅仅(bùjǐnjǐn)是(shì)锻炼(duànliàn)身体(shēntǐ)，还(hái)能(néng)让(ràng)人(rén)开心(kāixīn)。

    Running is not just exercise, it also makes people happy.

  2. Dengdeng

    对(duì)！我们(wǒmen)今天(jīntiān)跑(pǎo)十(shí)圈(quān)吧(ba)！

    Right! Let us run ten laps today!

  3. Liangliang

    才(cái)跑(pǎo)了(le)两(liǎng)圈(quān)，我(wǒ)就(jiù)不(bù)开心(kāixīn)了(le)。

    I have run two laps and I am already not happy.

  4. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)不仅仅(bùjǐnjǐn)是(shì)跑步(pǎobù)，也(yě)是(shì)练习(liànxí)开心(kāixīn)啊(a)！

    This is not just running, it is practising being happy!

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)坐下来(zuòxialái)开心(kāixīn)一下(yīxià)吧(ba)。

    Fine, then let us sit down and be happy for a bit.

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01

人(rén)人(rén)需(xū)要(yào)学(xué)习(xí)的(de)不(bù)仅(jǐn)仅(jǐn)是(shì)语(yǔ)言(yán)。

What one has to learn is more than the language.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)不(bù)仅(jǐn)仅(jǐn)是(shì)他(tā)一(yí)个(gè)人(rén)的(de)问(wèn)题(tí)。

This is not just his problem alone.

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