只不过

méi yǒu rén de cāo zuò zài hǎo de jī qì yě zhǐ bu guò shì yī duī fèi tiě

没有人的操作，再好的机器也只不过是一堆废铁。

If there's no one to operate it, no matter how great a machine it is, it is only a heap of scrap metal.

zhè zhǐ bu guò shì yī gè cāi cè

这只不过是一个猜测。

It's just a guess.

tā zhǐ bu guò kāi wán xiào ér yǐ

他只不过开玩笑而已。

He was only joking.

tā zhǐ bu guò shì gè hái zi

他只不过是个孩子。

He is just a child.

tā zhǐ bu guò shì zài zuò xì

她只不过是在做戏。

She is only acting.

nà xiē tōng zhī zhǐ bu guò shì yī bù guǎng bō jù de yī bù fen

那些通知只不过是一部广播剧的一部分。

Those announcements were only part of a radio.