"Except" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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除了 chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for)
除 chú to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including
除开 chú kāi besides / except / to get rid of (sb) / (math.) to divide
除了之外 chú le zhī wài except
除过 chú guò (dialect) except / besides
以为 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken &ndash / except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
除外 chú wài to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for
除去 chú qù to eliminate / to remove / except for / apart from
唯独 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique
美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
慈悲为本 cí bēi wéi běn mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) / the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
美国以外 Měi guó yǐ wài except for the US
每一个人都有美中不足的地方 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
别无长物 bié wú cháng wù to possess nothing except bare necessities / to live a poor or frugal life
身无长物 shēn wú cháng wù to possess nothing except bare necessities / to live a poor or frugal life
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