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  2. <p>不是⋯⋯而是⋯⋯ (bù shì... ér shì) means &quot;not A, but rather B.&quot; This is a useful phrase to use in arguments to overturn a point of view and state the opposite.</p>
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  3. <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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  4. <div class="jiegou">
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  5. <p>不是 + A + 而是 + B</p>
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  6. </div>
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  7. <p>A above is the undesirable option, and B is the desirable option. The same could be expressed as follows:</p>
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  8. <div class="jiegou">
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  9. <p>是 + B + 而不是 + A</p>
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  11. <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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  12. <p>For example:</p>
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  13. <div class="liju">
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  14. <ul>
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  15. <li>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></li>
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  16. <li>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></li>
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  17. </ul>
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  18. </div>
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  19. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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  20. <ul>
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  21. <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;either_..._or_...&quot;_with_&quot;yaome&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing &quot;either ... or ...&quot; with &quot;yaome&quot;</a></li>
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  22. <li><a href="Expressing_the_only_two_possibilities" title="wikilink">Expressing the only two possibilities</a></li>
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  23. <li><a href="The_pattern_&quot;it&#39;s_not…,_it&#39;s…&quot;" title="wikilink">The pattern &quot;it's not…, it's…&quot;</a></li>
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  24. </ul>
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  25. <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
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  26. <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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  27. <ul>
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  28. <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_1" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1</a> (pp. 306-7) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276792">→buy</a></li>
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  29. <li><a href="New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(新实用汉语课本4)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (pp. 20) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=7561913192">→buy</a></li>
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  30. <li><a href="40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(基础汉语40课下册）" title="wikilink">40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课下册）</a> (p. 516)<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FTL8D8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001FTL8D8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=allset-20">→buy</a></li>
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  31. </ul>
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  32. <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>
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  33. <ul>
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  34. <li>Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: <a href="http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0235.html">Usage of 而</a></li>
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  35. </ul>
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  36. <p>           </p>
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  37. <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p>
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