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• <!-- ERROR -->yínyàng làtóuqiāng 银样蜡头枪[銀樣蠟頭槍] (Ci)
  1df sth./sb. showy but unsubstantial 2df@wei an impressive-looking but useless person 3df@wu fine in ...
  269 bytes (42 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->but for (En)
  .hw but for ser 2001844832 df yàobushì [要不是] ex@yy But for your advice, I'd have failed again. tr@yy Duōkuīle nǐ de ...
  273 bytes (43 words) - 19:44, 17 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->lóngmǎ 龙马[龍馬] (Ci)
  df aged but vigorous; old but strong ...
  131 bytes (20 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->wúkěfēinàn 无可非难[無--難] (Ci)
  df cannot but criticize; cannot but find fault with ...
  159 bytes (26 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->túshàn 徒善 (Ci)
  1df well-intentioned but infeasible plan 2df kindhearted but taking no action ...
  165 bytes (25 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->shàoniánlǎochéng 少年老成 (Ci)
  1df young but mature 2df young but wimpish ...
  147 bytes (23 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->m4 dou3 nei5 m4 V. 唔到你唔V. (Jyut)
  df to have no choice but to V.; cannot help but V.; to be obliged to V. ... 1tr You have no choice but to go 2ex m4 dou3 nei5 m4 fuk6 ...
  377 bytes (64 words) - 20:08, 10 October 2023
• <!-- ERROR -->jau5 tau4 wai1, mou5 mei5 zan6 有頭威,冇尾陣 (Jyut)
  en lit. having influential head, but no formation ending; fig. df starting with a bang but ending with a whimper; brave beginning ...
  805 bytes (123 words) - 20:08, 10 October 2023
• <!-- ERROR -->bùdúyǒu'ǒu 不独有偶[-獨--] (Ci)
  df it is not unique, but has its counterpart; not come singly but in pairs ...
  181 bytes (33 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->xiù'érbùshí 秀而不实[---實] (Ci)
  1df flowering but bearing no fruit 2df@wei fine in appearance but empty in substance ...
  193 bytes (31 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->chūwōrlǎo 出窝儿老[-窩兒-] (Ci)
  1df sb. young but mature 2df sb. young but conservative mw ²wèi [位] ...
  181 bytes (30 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->mǎn'érbùyì 满而不溢[滿---] (Ci)
  2df have talent but not display it 3df have wealth but not squander it ...
  213 bytes (36 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->huāquánxiùtuǐ 花拳绣腿[--繡-] (Ci)
  1df showy but impractical martial arts 2df any showy but impractical skill rem@TB2002.04 changed "not ...
  247 bytes (37 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->sìfēi'érshì 似非而是 (Ci)
  df apparently wrong but actually right rem@tbishop2016年04月11日 ... rem df apparently right but actually wrong ...
  248 bytes (36 words) - 20:37, 11 April 2016
• <!-- ERROR -->si4 時 (Jyut)
  df (you) can V., but; as for V., but ex nei5 waan4/2 si4 waan4/2 ... tr You can play, but don't get so carried away with it (as ...
  357 bytes (61 words) - 20:08, 10 October 2023
• <!-- ERROR -->not only ... , but also ... (En)
  .hw not only ... , but also ... ser 2002135078 df bụ̀dàn ... érqiě ... [不但…而且…]; jì ... yòu ... [既…又…] ...
  295 bytes (40 words) - 19:44, 17 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->cíyányìzhèng 词/辞严义正[詞/辭嚴義-] (Ci)
  df be severe in speech but fair in principle; be stern and just rem@TB2001.04 Changed "but principle" to "in principle ...
  256 bytes (41 words) - 14:46, 25 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->zaai1 hau2 bat1 zaai1 sam1 齋口不齋心 (Jyut)
  en lit. being vegetarian with one's mouth but not with one ... df claiming to be devoutly religious but actually lacking genuine ...
  271 bytes (40 words) - 20:08, 10 October 2023
• <!-- ERROR -->midsummer (En)
  and "midwinter" are not hyphenated, but "mid-autumn" and "mid-spring" are. This is inconsistent but common; Merriam ...
  527 bytes (77 words) - 19:44, 17 June 2015
• <!-- ERROR -->all but (En)
  .hw all but ser 2001241746 1df jīhū [几乎] 2df chúle ... dōu [除了…都] 2ex All but one passed the exam. 2tr Chúle yị̄ ...
  319 bytes (48 words) - 19:44, 17 June 2015

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