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English

1. but rather

Examples

• 社會唔係進步緊，而係退步緊。

  Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 滴水穿石，唔係靠力，而係靠耐。

  A water drop hollows a stone not by force but by falling often.

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 唔係佢個人樣衰，而係佢啲衫核突。

  It's not the person that's ugly, but the clothes.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我做呢份工作唔係為錢而係為自己開心。

  I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

  Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

• 重要嘅唔係你畢業於邊間大學，而係你喺學校期間學到啲乜嘢。

  What's important isn't which university you've graduated from, but what you learned while you were there.

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

• 真正窮嘅人，唔係嗰啲擁有好少嘅人，而係嗰啲奢望好多嘅人。

  The poor are not those who have little but rather those who need much.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY