Word: 卻 (què)

他嚴厲卻善良。

Tā yánlì què shànliáng.

He is strict yet kind.

他保證過會來卻沒有來。

Tā bǎozhèngguo huì lái què méiyǒu lái.

He promised to come, but he didn't come.

他向她求婚，但她卻拒絕了。

Tā xiàng tā qiúhūn, dàn tā què jùjuéle.

He asked her to marry him, but she refused.

他很聰明，但卻不太幫得上忙。

Tā hěn cōngming, dàn què bú tài bāng de shàng máng.

He may be clever, but he is not very helpful.

他雖然窮，但生活卻過得很快樂。

Tā suīrán qióng, dàn shēnghuó què guò de hěn kuàilè.

Even though he was poor, he was happy.

他雖然窮，卻很幸福。

Tā suīrán qióng, què hěn xìngfú.

Even though he's poor, he's happy.

你一直都知道，卻什麼都沒做。

Nǐ yìzhí dōu zhīdào, què shénme dōu méi zuò.

You knew all this time, but you did nothing.

你會游泳，我卻不會。

Nǐ huì yóuyǒng, wǒ què búhuì.

You can swim, but I can't.

卻沒有人要聽。

Què méiyǒu rén yào tīng.

But no one wanted to hear it.

她會說中文，卻不會說普通話。

Tā huì shuō Zhōngwén, què búhuì shuō pǔtōnghuà.

She can speak a type of Chinese, but she can't speak Mandarin.

她很窮，但卻很快樂。

Tā hěn qióng, dàn què hěn kuàilè.

She is poor, but she looks happy.

她父母很漂亮，而她卻長得一般。

Tā fùmǔ hěn piàoliang, ér tā què zhǎng de yìbān.

Her parents are very beautiful, but she looks ordinary.

我們所知道的很少，而我們所不知道的卻很多。

Wǒmen suǒ zhīdào de hěn shǎo, ér wǒmen suǒ bù zhīdào de què hěn duō.

What we know is very little, and what we don't know is a lot.

我到處找你，但卻找不到你。

Wǒ dàochù zhǎo nǐ, dàn què zhǎo búdào nǐ.

I looked for you everywhere and didn't find you.

我想買那輛車，可是我卻沒有錢。

Wǒ xiǎng mǎi nà liàng chē, kěshì wǒ què méiyǒu qián.

I would buy the car, but I am poor.

我愛她，但是她卻愛別人。

Wǒ ài tā, dànshì tā què ài biéren.

I love her, but she loves someone else.

雖然我很同情他，但卻幫不上忙。

Suīrán wǒ hěn tóngqíng tā, dàn què bāng bú shàng máng.

Much as I pitied him, I could not help him.

說英語不容易但它卻很有趣。

Shuō Yīngyǔ bù róngyì dàn tā què hěn yǒuqù.

To speak English is not easy, but it is interesting.