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What does 无非 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

无非 wúfēi

nothing but; merely; only

Its characters

  1. 无 wú not have
  2. 非 fēi (in 非…莫属) none other than

In a sentence

他说了半天,无非是想借钱。 He talked for ages, but he only wanted to borrow money.

沈禾猜,讲的无非是些家常:菜园里的辣椒红了,邻居家的狗生了一窝小狗,天气要变冷了。

From 六十秒 · Sixty Seconds: a Chinese short story

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