<p>Why are you digging up such old questions? That was nearly 4 years ago! What a pity my Chinese has not improved in all that time! Pleco is none too good. My advice: first, ask your Chinese friends. Also try Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro.</p>

<p>这是 ....， 更是 .... this is ..... , but it is also .....</p>

<p>现在，<br>
Nowadays<br>
中国网民总数已经超过美国人口总数，<br>
China's total number of Internet users is more than the population of America,<br>
但美国网购人数占其全部人口的75%，<br>
but America's online shopping users make up 75% of America's population,<br>
中国则只有25%左右，<br>
whereas China's online shopping users only make up about 25% (of China's population)<br>
而且，<br>
moreover,<br>
中国网购消费者年均消费额仅为美国消费者的1/5。<br>
China's online consumers' annual average spending only represents about one fifth of America's online consumer spending.<br>
于刚认为，这是差距， 更是中国电子商务的潜力。<br>
Yu Gang believes, this is a (big) disparity, but it is also China's e-commerce (development) potential.</p>

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I navigate through the related questions on the right side when I have time, to improve my Chinese.
Blaszard
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Pedroski
<p>Quoting <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/10800/is-%E6%98%AF-being-used-as-a-measure-word-in-this-sentence?rq=1">another question here</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>现在，中国网民总数已经超过美国人口总数，但美国网购人数占其全部人口的75%，中国则只有25%左右，而且，中国网购消费者年均消费额仅为美国消费者的1/5。<strong>于刚认为，这是差距， 更是中国电子商务的潜力</strong>。</p>
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<p>In one of the comment there:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Also: 这是...更是... could be seen as a pattern. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>However, my Pleco dictionary doesn't have an entry for the idiom. </p>

<p>So what does the 这是 ～ 更是 mean, and what is the meaning of the bold sentence?</p>

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更： even (more).  这是 ～ 更是 is not that kind of a set.
dan
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@dan So what does the comment there mean...?
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Yugang think it's the gap, but more it could be the potential of 中国电子商务.
dan
<meaning><phrase>
What does 这是 ～ 更是 mean?
# What does 这是 ～ 更是 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-22)

Quoting [another question here](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/10800/is-%E6%98%AF-being-used-as-a-measure-word-in-this-sentence?rq=1):

> 现在，中国网民总数已经超过美国人口总数，但美国网购人数占其全部人口的75%，中国则只有25%左右，而且，中国网购消费者年均消费额仅为美国消费者的1/5。**于刚认为，这是差距， 更是中国电子商务的潜力**。

In one of the comment there:

> Also: 这是...更是... could be seen as a pattern.

However, my Pleco dictionary doesn't have an entry for the idiom.

So what does the 这是 ～ 更是 mean, and what is the meaning of the bold sentence?

**Tags:** meaning, phrase

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 更： even (more).  这是 ～ 更是 is not that kind of a set.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 So what does the comment there mean...?  
> **username_1**: Yugang think it's the gap, but more it could be the potential of 中国电子商务.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-22. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Why are you digging up such old questions? That was nearly 4 years ago! What a pity my Chinese has not improved in all that time! Pleco is none too good. My advice: first, ask your Chinese friends. Also try Hanping Chinese Dictionary Pro.

这是 ....， 更是 .... this is ..... , but it is also .....

现在，  
Nowadays  
中国网民总数已经超过美国人口总数，  
China's total number of Internet users is more than the population of America,  
但美国网购人数占其全部人口的75%，  
but America's online shopping users make up 75% of America's population,  
中国则只有25%左右，  
whereas China's online shopping users only make up about 25% (of China's population)  
而且，  
moreover,  
中国网购消费者年均消费额仅为美国消费者的1/5。  
China's online consumers' annual average spending only represents about one fifth of America's online consumer spending.  
于刚认为，这是差距， 更是中国电子商务的潜力。  
Yu Gang believes, this is a (big) disparity, but it is also China's e-commerce (development) potential.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I navigate through the related questions on the right side when I have time, to improve my Chinese.  

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