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而是

ér shì · er shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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奥(ào)运(yùn)会(huì)最(zuì)重(zhòng)要(yào)的(de)不(bú)是(shì)获(huò)胜(shèng)，而(ér)是(shì)参(cān)与(yù)。

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.

他(tā)不(bú)是(shì)不(bù)想(xiǎng)去(qù)，而(ér)是(shì)实(shí)在(zài)没(méi)有(yǒu)时(shí)间(jiān)。

It's not that he doesn't want to go, but rather that he really has no time.

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to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true

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