What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 而已 mean?

而已 éryǐ

that's all; only; nothing more

Its characters

  1. 而 ér and
  2. 已 yǐ already

In a sentence

我只是随便问问而已。 I was only asking, that's all.

祖师笑道:“这算不得腾云,只能算是爬云而已。

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