besides; apart from; other than
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1 sense · 3 examplesconjunction
besides; apart from; in addition to
dialectUsed in dialectal Chinese (especially Northern dialects) to indicate exclusion, equivalent to standard Mandarin 除此以外 or 除了……以外.
Dōng冬
tiān天
de的
huāng荒
yě野
lǐ里
zhǐ只
jiàn见
jǐ几
kē棵
kū枯
shù树
，
yú余
wài外
shén什
me么
yě也
kàn看
bù不
dào到
。
In the winter wilderness, only a few withered trees could be seen; apart from that, nothing else was visible.
Jiā家
lǐ里
zhǐ只
yǒu有
tā他
yī一
gè个
rén人
，
yú余
wài外
zài再
yě也
méi没
yǒu有
bié别
rén人
le了
。
He was the only one at home; besides him, there was no one else.
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Chú除
le了
zhè这
běn本
shū书
，
yú余
wài外
wǒ我
shén什
me么
yě也
bù不
yào要
。
Apart from this book, I don't want anything else.