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而是

ér shì

HSK 4 · word 2399 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

她爱的不是你,而是我。

tā ài de bú shì nǐ ér shì wǒ

It's not you that she loves, it's me.

Characters in 而是

而 and yet plus 是, to be. It follows 不是 in a pair: 不是…而是…, not this but that.

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