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HSK 3 Connectors & compound sentences

不但 … 而且 …

Not only… but also… (不但…而且…)

Structure 不但 + A,而且 + B

不但…而且… (bùdàn… érqiě…) adds two things in the same direction: "not only A, but ALSO B", with the second usually going further. 他不但会说中文,而且会写汉字. The full pair is the norm; 而且 can take 还/也 (而且还…).

Examples

  • dànhuìshuōzhōngwénérqiěhuìxiěhàn

    He not only speaks Chinese but also writes characters.

  • zhègecàidànhǎochīérqiě便piányi

    This dish is not only tasty but also cheap.

  • dàncōngmíngérqiě

    She’s not only smart but also hardworking.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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