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| + | #REDIRECT[[Expressing "not… but…" with "er shi"]] |
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| − | 不是⋯⋯而是⋯⋯ (bù shì... ér shì) means "not A, but rather B." This is a useful phrase to use in arguments to overturn a point of view and state the opposite.
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| − | == Structure ==
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| − | <div class="jiegou">
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| − | 不是 + A + 而是 + B
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| − | </div>
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| − | A above is the undesirable option, and B is the desirable option. The same could be expressed as follows:
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| − | <div class="jiegou">
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| − | 是 + B + 而不是 + A
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| − | </div>
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| − | == Examples ==
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| − | For example:
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| − | <div class="liju">
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| − | * 我 <em>不 是</em> 不 想 帮忙 <em>而 是</em> 没有 能力 帮忙。<span class="trans">It's not that I don't want to help, it's that I can't help.</span>
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| − | * 我 认为 有的人 做 慈善 活动 的 目的 <em>不 是</em> 为了 帮助 穷人 <em>而 是</em> 为了 提高 他们 的 名誉。<span class="trans">I think that some people do charitable things, not only to help poor people, but also to improve their reputation.</span>
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| − | </div>
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"]]
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| − | *[[Expressing the only two possibilities]]
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| − | *[[The pattern "it's not…, it's…"]]
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| − | == Sources and further reading ==
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| − | === Books ===
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| − | {{Source|Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1|306-7}}
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| − | {{Source|New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)|20}}
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| − | {{Source|40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课下册）|516}}
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| − | ===Websites===
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| − | * Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: [http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0235.html Usage of 而]
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| − | [[Category: B2 grammar points]]
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| − | {{Basic Grammar|而|B2|不是⋯⋯，而是⋯⋯|他 <em>不 是</em> 老师 ， <em>而 是</em> 学生 。|grammar point|ASGAJGJD}}
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| − | {{Similar|Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"}}
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| − | {{Similar|Expressing the only two possibilities}}
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| − | {{Similar|The Pattern "It's not…, it's…"}}
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| − | {{Similar|Conceding a point with "shi"}}
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| − | {{Rel char|不是}}
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| − | {{Rel char|是}}
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| − | {{Used for|Contrasting}}
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| − | {{Used for|Differentiating}}
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| − | {{Structure|"But" Statements}}
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| − | {{Translation|not}}
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| − | {{Translation|but}}
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