[dàn]
[副]
（只） only; just; merely
do not hope to distinguish oneself, but only not to make mistakes
不求有功，但求無過
just speak out what is on your mind
但說無妨
On the vast fields, one sees nothing but the wheat billowing in the wind.
在遼闊的原野上，但見麥浪隨風起伏。
[連]
（但是） but; yet; still; nevertheless
They all went but I didn't.
他們都去了，但我沒去。
He's well over sixty, but he doesn't look at all old.
他早已年過60,但毫不見老。
[名]
（姓氏） a surname
Dan Qin
但欽