Please clarify if this person is right about using 但
I wrote小蛾子，你很漂亮，但天气很热，而且我不想关窗

I have just had a Chinese person tell me I can not use 但 without using 虽然. They said “I know in English there’s no “since.., but”, but in Chinese 虽然 always goes with 但”

I have never heard this rule before, I know there is a pattern 虽然。。。但, but surely that does not mean I can not use 但 alone to mean 'but' if I want to..Thank you everyone. Bear234, Fransico says the sentence sounds out and they cant tell what I mean, do you agree?

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Please clarify if this person is right about using 但
I wrote小蛾子，你很漂亮，但天气很热，而且我不想关窗

I have just had a Chinese person tell me I can not use  但 without using 虽然.  They said “I know in English there’s no “since.., but”, but in Chinese 虽然 always goes with 但”

I have never heard this rule before, I know there is a pattern 虽然。。。但, but surely that does not mean I can not use 但 alone to mean 'but' if I want to..Thank you everyone. Bear234, Fransico says the sentence sounds out and they cant tell what I mean, do you agree?

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In my opinion, 虽然……但是 is not a never-separate pattern. I guess isolatedly using 但是 is permitted while it's not the situation for 虽然. However, in the sentence you wrote, it's an odd to put 但 at that position and the meaning of sentence is quite confusing. I don't know what exactly you wanted to express, otherwise I may try to help you.

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虽然 和 但是 不一定 要 一起用。可以 只用 但 ，但是不可以只用“虽然”。

小蛾子，你很漂亮，但天气很热，而且我不想关窗。

1.小蛾子，你很漂亮，但天气很热，所以我不想关窗。

2.小蛾子，你很漂亮，但天气很热，我不想关窗。

3.蛾，尔虽美，以暑故，吾不欲扃牖。

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Yes, 虽然……但是 is a pattern in Chinese, and you could also use 但是(but) singly. But if you want to use the pattern of 虽然……但是, 虽然 always goes with 但是.

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Thank you everyone. Bear234, Fransico says the sentence sounds out and they cant tell what I mean, do you agree?

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no there is no rule like this. your sentense is correct.
虽然天气很好，但我不想出去。
天气很好，但我不想出去。
both of these are correct.

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