而

It is used to connect two sentences that are related to each other. It can be translated as “but rather”. 而 is often used in formal or literary language, but is also common in everyday speech.

But

sentence 1， + 而 + sentence 2

我今天去你家找你了，而你不在家。
I went to your home today looking for you, but you weren’t there.

孩子发烧很严重，而你一点都不关心。
Your child has a very severe fever, and yet you don’t seem at all concerned.

她在公司很受欢迎，而我并不喜欢她。
She is very popular in our company, but I don’t like her at all.

(See also “不是……，而是……")

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