而是 érshì
          
              érshì 
              
              conjunction 
              rather 
              Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
              
                , Subdomain: Function Words 
              
              
                , Concept: Correlative 关联词
              
              
              
                Notes: The combination 不是…、而是… is often used in compound sentences with a negative statement in the first clause and a positive statement in the second clause.
              
               
          
          
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Scroll 22 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 13
- Scroll 1 Sirīvivartavyākaraṇa (Le Yingluo Zhuangyan Fangbian Pin Jing) 樂瓔珞莊嚴方便品經 — count: 10
- Scroll 1 Precious Box (Dafangguang Bao Qie Jing) 大方廣寶篋經 — count: 10
- Scroll 1 Hastikakṣyā (Fo Shuo Xiang Ye Jing) 佛說象腋經 — count: 8
- Scroll 26 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 8 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā (Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing) 勝思惟梵天所問經 — count: 7
- Scroll 16 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 7
- Scroll 39 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 7 , has parallel version
- Scroll 82 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 7 , has English translation
- Scroll 23 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 7