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而是

而是 ér shì

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zhè这bú不shì是pǔ tōng huà普通话，ér shì而是shàng上hǎi海huà话。
这不是普通话，而是上海话。
This isn't Mandarin, it's Shanghainese.
社会不是在进步，而是在退步。
Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
他没有出去，而是坐下了。
He didn't go out, but instead sat down.

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