他只不过是个政治家。

He is nothing more than a politician.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 只不过 zhǐbuguò
  1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. it's just that ...
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=4 个 gě used in 自個兒 zìgěr
=4 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=4 个 gè variant of 個 gè
5 政治家 zhèngzhìjiā
  1. statesman
  2. politician

classifiers: 個, 位, 名