便是
biàn​shì HSK6

precisely is

便是 biàn​shì
precisely is verb
Used to emphasize that something is exactly or precisely as stated; often similar to 就是 jiù​shì

爵士乐的精髓便是自由。

jué​shì​yuè de jīng​suǐ biàn​shì zì​yóu.

The essence of jazz is freedom.

她做的第一件事便是学会开车。

tā zuò de dì​yī jiàn shì biàn​shì xué huì kāi chē.

The first thing she did was to learn how to drive.

even if
Used to express a hypothetical condition, similar to "even if" or "even though"
[finality]
Used at the end of a sentence to express agreement, a promise, or a final decision

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.47 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
40.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)