但 (dàn): meaning and stroke order

但 in our stories

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• 最后一页写着：“距离能改变时间，但改变不了朋友。”

  zuìhòu yí yè xiě zhe jùlí néng gǎibiàn shíjiān dàn gǎibiàn bú le péngyou

  On the last page was written: "Distance can change our hours, but not our friendship."

  From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4

• 室友说：“这叫‘亡羊补牢’。论文能重写，但从今天起，一定要备份。”

  shìyǒu shuō zhè jiào wáng yáng bǔ láo lùnwén néng chóng xiě dàn cóng jīntiān qǐ yídìng yào bèifèn

  His roommate said, "That's called 'mending the fold after losing a sheep'. You can rewrite the thesis, but from today on, back it up."

  From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

• 第二天，她给总部写了一封长长的邮件：她愿意接受这个职位，但希望每个月有一个星期在西安远程工作。

  dì-èr tiān tā gěi zǒngbù xiě le yì fēng chángcháng de yóujiàn tā yuànyì jiēshòu zhè gè zhíwèi dàn xīwàng měi gè yuè yǒu yí gè xīngqī zài Xī'ān yuǎnchéng gōngzuò

  The next day she wrote head office a long email: she would accept the post, but asked to work remotely from Xi'an one week each month.

  From the story No perfect answer HSK 6