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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

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

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