Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
而是
érshì
Description
"而是"常常跟"不是"一起用，先说不对的，再说对的。
"而是" is often used together with "不是", first stating what is not correct, then what is correct.
比如"不是A，而是B"，意思是不是A，其实是B。
For example, "不是A，而是B" means not A, but actually B.
Meanings
而是érshì
but rather; instead (used after 不是)
他不是老师，而是学生。
He is not a teacher, but a student.
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Notes
- Usage
almost always in the pattern 不是……而是……, meaning "not X, but rather Y".
- Nuance
unlike 但是, 而是 corrects a wrong idea and gives the true one.
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