汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不过尔尔
不过尔尔 (不過爾爾)
not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary
尔(前) So, so / 尔(后) "Ears", nothing more / But that's all / It means to despise people
不过如此而已。
bù/bú () guò () ěr
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但是这件事对我的影响不过尔尔

But the incident did not affect me any more deeply than that.

不管你怎么夸耀那部影片,可我觉得它不过尔尔

However you praise the film, I just feel it so-so.

很多人觉得这个话题了无生趣,有些人可能觉得联合主义也不过尔尔

Many will regard this as a less-than-enticing topic, and some may rate unionism not much racier.