而是
ér​shì HSK4

but rather

  • created reference approved 而是 → 不是 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而是 ér​shì

    不是 bù​shì

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 而是 · ér​shì · but rather — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    而是

    ér​shì

    but rather

    Used in the [[不是|不是|bu4 shi4]] ... ér shì pattern to contrast two ideas, meaning "not A, but rather B".

    而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense