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It is not... but rather... (并不是……而是……)
并不是……而是…… strongly corrects a wrong idea: “it is not A, but B.” 并 adds emphasis to the negation.
Exemple de référence
问题并不是钱，而是时间。
Wèntí bìng bú shì qián, ér shì shíjiān.
The problem is not money, but time.
HSK 4
HSK 4
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Résumé de la leçon
并不是……而是…… strongly corrects a wrong idea: “it is not A, but B.” 并 adds emphasis to the negation.
并不是……而是…… strongly corrects a wrong idea: “it is not A, but B.” 并 adds emphasis to the negation. Use it only when the logical relationship is clear. Pay attention to the fixed pair markers and keep the two clauses parallel in meaning. 不是……而是…… is neutral; 并不是……而是…… sounds stronger and more corrective.
Structure grammaticale
并不是 A，而是 B
并不是……而是…… strongly corrects a wrong idea: “it is not A, but B.” 并 adds emphasis to the negation.
我并不是不想去，而是今天真的没空。
Wǒ bìng bú shì bù xiǎng qù, ér shì jīntiān zhēn de méi kòng.
It is not that I do not want to go; I really have no time today.
the second marker is needed to show the relationship clearly.
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