不是A而是B
不是A而是B
bù shì a ér shì B not A, but rather B
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 四级词汇表 #216
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
我们看东西不是看其实质,而是以我们的主观意识看它们的。
我們看東西不是看其實質,而是以我們的主觀意識看它們的。
wǒ men kàn dōng xī bú shi kàn qí shí zhì , ér shì yǐ wǒ men de zhǔ guān yì shí kàn tā men de 。
We don't see things as they are, but as we are.
Mandarin
我们的生活不是由物质,而是由精神来下定义的。
我們的生活不是由物質,而是由精神來下定義的。
wǒ men de shēng huó bú shi yóu wù zhì , ér shì yóu jīng shén lái xià dìng yì de 。
Not material, but spiritual things determine our life.
Mandarin
贫穷的不是拥有太少的人,而是想要太多的人。
貧窮的不是擁有太少的人,而是想要太多的人。
pín qióng de bú shi yōng yǒu tài shǎo de rén , ér shì xiǎng yào tài duō de rén 。
Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
Mandarin
奥运会最重要的不是获胜,而是参与。
奧運會最重要的不是獲勝,而是參與。
ào yùn huì zuì zhòng yào de bú shi huò shèng , ér shì cān yù 。
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.
Mandarin
她嫁了 John,不是因为爱他,而是因为 John 是个有钱人。
她嫁了 John,不是因為愛他,而是因為 John 是個有錢人。
tā jià le john, bú shi yīn wèi ài tā , ér shì yīn wèi john shì gè yǒu qián rén 。
She married John, not because she loved him, but because he was a rich man.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
音乐,是inhouse让人流连忘返的主元素,这里没有LKK的摇滚或SPP的Disco,而是播放带着Chillout曲风的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
音樂,是inhouse讓人流連忘返的主元素,這裏沒有LKK的搖滾或SPP的Disco,而是播放帶着Chillout曲風的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
yīn yuè , shì inhouse ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn de zhǔ yuán sù , zhè lǐ méi yǒu LKK de yáo gǔn huò SPP de Disco , ér shì bō fàng dài zhe Chillout qǔ fēng de Jazz , r5 & B , RAP huò shì NEW a ge .
Music is the main element to inhouse that makes you lose all track of time and not want to leave. There is no geriatric rock or cheesy disco here. Instead, they play Jazz, R&B, RAP or New Age songs that have a chillout vibe to them.
Mandarin
音乐,是inhouse让人流连忘返的主元素,这里没有LKK的摇滚或SPP的Disco,而是播放带著Chillout曲风的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
音樂,是inhouse讓人流連忘返的主元素,這裏沒有LKK的搖滾或SPP的Disco,而是播放帶著Chillout曲風的Jazz、R&B、RAP或是NEW AGE。
yīn yuè , shì inhouse ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn de zhǔ yuán sù , zhè lǐ méi yǒu LKK de yáo gǔn huò SPP de Disco , ér shì bō fàng dài zhù Chillout qū fēng de Jazz , r5 & B , RAP huò shì NEW a ge .
Music is the main element to inhouse that makes you lose all track of time and not want to leave. There is no geriatric rock or cheesy disco here. Instead, they play Jazz, R&B, RAP or New Age songs that have a chillout vibe to them.
Mandarin
我不是生她的气,而是生自己的气。
我不是生她的氣,而是生自己的氣。
wǒ bù shì shēng tā de qì , ér shì shēng zì jǐ de qì .
I'm not angry with her, but I'm angry with myself.
Mandarin
在中国男篮败在希腊队脚下后,姚明并没有发火,而是中肯地提出了自己的意见,他说:“闭门造车打国内的联赛永远都是这样,必须让他们出去打比赛,不是一个一个队的出去,而是一个一个队员的出去,杀入外面每一个队。这样,我们的篮球整体水准才有可能提升。”
在中國男籃敗在希臘隊腳下後,姚明並沒有發火,而是中肯地提出了自己的意見,他説:“閉門造車打國內的聯賽永遠都是這樣,必須讓他們出去打比賽,不是一個一個隊的出去,而是一個一個隊員的出去,殺入外面每一個隊。這樣,我們的籃球整體水準才有可能提升。”
zài zhōng guó nán lán bài zài xī là duì jiǎo xià hòu , yáo míng bìng méi yǒu fā huǒ , ér shì zhōng kěn dì tí chū le zì jǐ de yì jiàn , tā shuō : “ bì mén zào chē dǎ guó nèi de lián sài yǒng yuǎn dōu shì zhè yàng , bì xū ràng tā men chū qù dǎ bǐ sài , bù shì yī ge yī ge duì de chū qù , ér shì yī ge yī ge duì yuán de chū qù , shā rù wài miàn měi yī ge duì . zhè yàng , wǒ men de lán qiú zhěng tǐ shuǐ zhǔn cái yǒu kě néng tí shēng . ”
After the men's basketball team for China lost at the hands of Greece, Yao Ming did not become angry. Instead, he offered his own opinion, which cut right to the heart of the matter, "It will always be like this if we operate in a vacuum, and are forever only playing local league games in our own country. We need to let them go abroad to compete. It's not about individual teams going abroad. Rather, it's about individual team members going abroad and fighting their way onto the teams of other countries. That's the only way we'll be able raise the level of our basketball as a whole.
Mandarin
暧昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人于千里之外,而是要让他一直保持高度的进攻状态。
曖昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人於千里之外,而是要讓他一直保持高度的進攻狀態。
ài mèi de jīn chí , qí mù di bù shì yào jù rén yú qiān lǐ zhī wài , ér shì yào ràng tā yī zhí bǎo chí gāo dù de jìn gōng zhuàng tài .
The purpose of having an amorous reservedness is not to keep others at miles away from yourself, but rather to keep him always chasing and courting.