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- <p>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.</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <div class="jiegou">
- <p>不是 + A + 而是 + B</p>
- </div>
- <p>A above is the undesirable option, and B is the desirable
- option. The same could be expressed as follows:</p>
- <div class="jiegou">
- <p>是 + B + 而不是 + A</p>
- </div>
- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
- <p>For example:</p>
- <div class="liju">
- <ul>
- <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>
- <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>
- </ul>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
- <ul>
- <li><a href=
- "Expressing_"either_..._or_..."_with_"yaome""
- title="wikilink">Expressing "either ... or ..." with
- "yaome"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Expressing_the_only_two_possibilities" title=
- "wikilink">Expressing the only two possibilities</a></li>
- <li><a href=
- "The_pattern_"it's_not%E2%80%A6,_it's%E2%80%A6"" title=
- "wikilink">The pattern "it's not…, it's…"</a></li>
- </ul>
- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
- reading</h2>
- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
- <ul>
- <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&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276792">
- →buy</a></li>
- <li><a href=
- "New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC4)"
- 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&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561913192">
- →buy</a></li>
- <li><a href=
- "40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD40%E8%AF%BE%E4%B8%8B%E5%86%8C%EF%BC%89"
- 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&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001FTL8D8&linkCode=as2&tag=allset-20">→buy</a></li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>
- <ul>
- <li>Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: <a href=
- "http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0235.html">Usage
- of 而</a></li>
- </ul>
- <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:
- B2 grammar points</a></p>
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