他是个画家，但他不会画国画。

He is a painter, but he can't paint in the traditional Chinese style.

He's a painter, but he doesn't do traditional Chinese painting.

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 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=3 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=3 个 gè variant of 个 gè
4 画家 huàjiā painter

classifier: 個
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 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)
7 不会 bùhuì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
8 画 huà
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. to draw (a line) (variant of 划 huà)
  3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划 huà)
  4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划 huà)

classifiers: 幅, 張
9 国画 guóhuà traditional Chinese painting