他不是詩人，是小說家。

He is not a poet but a novelist.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 bùshi fault; blame
3 詩人 shīrén
  1. bard
  2. poet
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=5 小說家 Xiǎoshuōjiā School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 诸子百家 zhūzǐbǎijiā during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
=5 小說家 xiǎoshuōjiā novelist