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而是
ér​shì HSK4

but rather

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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而是 ér​shì but rather

Used in the 不是 bù​shì ... ér shì pattern to contrast two ideas, meaning "not A, but rather B".

References

see 而是/而是 → 不是/不是
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