bìng qiě
and
领导们认真讨论并且一致通过了决议。
lǐng dǎo mén rèn zhēn tǎo lùn bìng qiě yī zhì tōng guò le jué yì .
The leaders carefully discussed and unanimously adopted the resolution.
我和他都喜欢吃苹果，并且我们都喜欢吃香蕉。
wǒ hé tā dū xǐ huān chī píng guǒ ， bìng qiě wǒ mén dū xǐ huān chī xiāng jiāo .
Both he and I like to eat apples, and we both like to eat bananas.
相信一些东西，并且永不怀疑。
xiāng xìn yī xiē dōng xī ， bìng qiě yǒng bù huái yí .
Believe in some things and never doubt them.
而且 (érqiě)
moreover
但是 (dànshì)
however
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The Chinese word 并且 (bìngqiě) is composed of two characters: 并 (bìng) and 且 (qiě). The character 并 originally meant "side by side" or "together", and was often used in ancient Chinese texts to indicate that two or more things were happening at the same time or in the same place. The character 且 originally meant "moreover" or "in addition", and was often used to add additional information or to emphasize a point. Over time, the two characters came to be used together to form the word 并且, which took on the meaning of "and" or "in addition". In modern Chinese, 并且 is commonly used to connect two or more clauses or sentences, and can also be used to introduce a new idea or to add emphasis.
