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  <p>The conjunction&#160;<span class="hanzi">而</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">ér</span>) is used to connect two sentences that are related to each other, but talk about contrasting ideas or subjects. In this manner, it can be seen as a word meaning "<b>but</b>" or "<b>rather</b>."&#160;<span class="hanzi">而</span>&#160;is often used in a more formal or literary sense, but it is also common in everyday speech.</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

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    <div class="deux">Sentence 1, +&#160;<span class="hanzist">而</span>&#160;+ Sentence 2</div>
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  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我们 都 以为 这 是 他 干 的，而 事实 是，他 根本 不 知道 这 件 事情。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">We all thought this was his task, but the fact is, he simply doesn't know about this topic.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">以后 后悔 的 人 不 是 我，而 是 你 自己。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">The regretful person isn't me. It's you.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">现在 要 做 的 不 是 责怪 谁 错 了，而 是 怎么 解决。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Now is not the time to accuse who did it wrong, but to figure out how to resolve it.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 喜欢 中国 菜，而 他 不 喜欢。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I like Chinese food, but he does not.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>

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    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;not_only%E2%80%A6_but_also&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "not only… but also"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Two_words_for_&quot;but&quot;" title="wikilink">Two words for "but"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Because&quot;_with_&quot;er&quot;_Indicating_Effect" title="wikilink">Because" with "er" Indicating Effect</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

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    <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 343-4) </li>

    <li><span class="hanzi">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</span>&#160;(pp. 128, 200) </li>
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  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>

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    <li>Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: <a href="http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0235.html">Usage of 而</a></li>
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