Chinese Grammar
不是... 而是... (búshì... érshì...)
A contrastive structure meaning 'it's not [A], but rather [B]'. It negates the first point and affirms the second.
Example Sentences
不是普通的玩，而是要认真地玩。
重点不是做什么，而是怎么做。
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