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不是…而是…

bù shì … ér shì …

1. correlative conjunction not … but … (negating the first, affirming the second; correcting)

   他不是学生，而是公司职员。

   Tā bù shì xuésheng, ér shì gōngsī zhíyuán.

   He is not a student but a company employee.

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