而且

HSK 3#239 by frequencyradical 而

ér qiě["c"]

(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore

Examples

她不但漂亮，而且聪明。

She is as clever as she is beautiful.

他很聪明，而且他很帅。

He's very smart, and he's handsome too.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.