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nothing more than... (无非是……)
无非是 means “nothing more than / merely.” It simplifies the real reason or nature of something.
Leitbeispiel
他的担心无非是项目不能按时完成。
Tā de dānxīn wúfēi shì xiàngmù bù néng ànshí wánchéng.
His worry is nothing more than the project not being completed on time.
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Lektion im Überblick
Read the sample sentence and notice how 无非是…… works in the frame: 无非是 A.
Use 无非是 when the speaker thinks the matter can be reduced to a simple point. It may sound dismissive, so use carefully. It differs from 莫过于, which means “nothing is better/greater than.”
Grammatikmuster
无非是 A
reduces an explanation to its simple essence, sometimes with a dismissive tone
他的担心无非是项目不能按时完成。
Tā de dānxīn wúfēi shì xiàngmù bù néng ànshí wánchéng.
His worry is nothing more than the project not being completed on time.
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