Expressing "not only..., even..." using 不但 and 甚至连

Structure

Examples

• 他不但不知道李连杰，甚至连成龙也不知道。
  Tā bú dàn bù zhī dào lǐ lián jié, shèn zhì lián chéng lóng yě bù zhī dào.
  Not only does he not know Jet Li, he doesn't even know Jackie Chan.
• 你男朋友不但帮你做好了攻略，甚至连飞机票也帮你买好了。
  Nǐ nán péng you bú dàn bāng nǐ zuò hǎo le gōng lüè, shèn zhì lián fēi jī piào yě bāng nǐ mǎi hǎo le.
  Your boyfriend not only helped you with your vacation planning, he even helped you buy your plane tickets.
• 在家里隔离的时候，不但小区出不去，甚至连家门也不让你出去。
  Zài jiā lǐ gé lí de shí hou, bú dàn xiǎo qū chū bú qù, shèn zhì lián jiā mén yě bú ràng nǐ chū qù.
  When isolating at home, you can't leave your neighborhood, and you aren't even allowed to leave your house.
• 他辞职这件事情不但公司不知道，甚至连他的父母也不知道。
  Tā cí zhí zhè jiàn shì qing bú dàn gōng sī bù zhī dào, shèn zhì lián tā de fù mǔ yě bù zhī dào.
  Not only did the company not know about his resignation, but even his parents did not know about it.
• 我不但选好了地址，甚至连奶茶店的名字也想好了。
  Wǒ bú dàn xuǎn hǎo le dì zhǐ, shèn zhì lián nǎi chá diàn de míng zì yě xiǎng hǎo le.
  Not only have I chosen an address, I've even decided on the name of the milk tea shop.

Words that use this

• 不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
• 甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
• 也yě(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊