Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 而是 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 而是 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我不是个教师，而是个学生。
wǒ bù shì gè jiào shī ér shì gè xué shēng
I am not a teacher, but a student.
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