而是
HSK 4freq #1031
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.rather
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Wiktionary
- 1.but; rather
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Characters
Example sentences
他不是老師，而是醫生。
He is not a teacher but a doctor.
我要的不是茶，而是咖啡。
What I want isn't tea, but coffee.
它不是一條路，而是一條小徑。
It's not a road, but a path.
他们不是在打架，而是在排练戏剧。
They aren't quarreling, but are rehearsing a play.
我的汽車不是紅色的, 而是藍色的。
My car's not red. It's blue.
我的汽車不是紅色的, 而是藍色的。
My car isn't red. It's blue.
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