不过 bù guò onlymerelyno more thanbuthoweveranyway (to get back to a previous topic)cannot be more (after adjectival) Example sentences 明天我可以跟你们一起吃晚餐，不过我得先离开。 míngtiān wǒ kěyǐ gēn nǐmen yīqǐ chī wǎncān, bùguò wǒ dé xiān líkāi. I can have dinner with you tomorrow, but I have to leave first 虽然我觉得生病应该多休息，不过如果你已经觉得好多了，就开始工作吧！ suīrán wǒ juéde shēngbìng yīnggāi duō xiūxi, bùguò rúguǒ nǐ yǐjīng juéde hǎoduōle, jiù kāishǐ gōngzuò ba! I think you should rest more if you're sick, but since you already felt much better, let's begin to work!