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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">而已</span>&#160;expresses that something is merely what it is. It is like saying "<b>it's only a test, that's all.</b>"&#160;<span class="hanzi">而已&#160;</span>is put at the end of the sentence to emphasis that something is just what it is.</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <p>Whenever you need to emphasize that something is just what it is and nothing more, you can stick&#160;<span class="hanzi">而已</span>&#160;at the end of the sentence. You can also use it in combination with&#160;<span class="hanzi">仅仅</span>，<span class="hanzi">只</span>，<span class="hanzi">就</span>，<span class="hanzi">才</span>&#160;and so on , which means "<b>merely</b>," though it is optional.</p>

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    <div class="deux">Subj. + Verb + Obj. +&#160;<span class="hanzist">而已</span></div>
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">他 只 是 开 个 玩笑 而已，不 要 当 真。</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">你 才 喝 了 一 瓶 啤酒 而已，怎么 会 喝 醉 了 呢？</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 次 会议 没有 达成 具体 的 方案，仅仅 是 在 这 个 问题 上 达成 了 共识 而已。</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 辆 车 没 什么 特别，它 就 是 辆 普通 的 汽车 而已。</span><br/></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;nothing_but&quot;_with_&quot;wufei&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "nothing but" with "wufei"</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading-1">Sources and further reading</h2>

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