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不是...而是...

Búshì... érshì...

Not... but...

不是我不想，而是不能。

Búshì wǒ bù xiǎng, érshì bù néng.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

重点不是这个，而是那个。

Zhòngdiǎn búshì zhège, érshì nàge.

The point is not this, but that.