"我的姐姐不但聪明，而且漂亮。"

Translation: My older sister is not only smart, but also beautiful.

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

"My big sister is not only smart, but also beautiful" should be accepted as well, reported on Nov. 19, 2017.

[RMayall]

Clever should be accepted instead of Smart

[DariusLee3]

As a native speaker, both clever and smart makes good sense here

[nao657961]

请给我介绍你的姐姐。

[Hedwigechouette]

"my older sister is not only smart but she's also beautiful" was rejected but I think should also be accepted

[jim750574]

你可以给我介绍吗？

[Denis.nkn]

当然！她是五十七岁

[hippietrail]

Duolingo editors, you should always accept "big sister" as well as "older sister" in these questions!

[Joanna348095]

Clever and good looking should be accepted.

[RowanCampb4]

literally always been taught that congming means clever, i think that clever should count

[SmithUA01]

here and elsewhere, "not just x" should be accepted as an alternative to "not only x"

[nicholasling1412]

"Not only is my sister smart, but also pretty" should also be accepted

[Patrick_Dark]

"Intelligent" should really be accepted as a translation of "聰明". I just got this exercise wrong twice in a row.

"Bright" and "clever" don't sound as good as "intelligent" or "smart", but they should probably be allowed as well (if they aren't already) given the definition for "聰明" at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%B0%E6%98%8E#Chinese.

[DesmondAllen]

agreed

[Jonshock]

聪明 is accepted as smart in some questions and brilliant in others.

[Nevin711542]

I notice the "not only" is "not but" 不但 in the correlative conjunction and so it skips the 'but' later on and just uses "also" 而且

A not but B, also C = A is not only B, but also C

My question is where is the verb in the Chinese sentence?

[CinnamonTe1]

My question is where is the verb in the Chinese sentence?

In "noun + 很 + adjective" sentences, 很 acts as the English verb "is" or "to be." When you negate this type of sentence, 很 gets replaced by 不. So it seems that 不但 is an extension of 不 and replaces 很 in a similar way to 非常 and 真.

她很高 - She is tall
她非常高 - She is very tall

她不高 - She is not tall
她不但高 - She is not only tall

[Leighchina]

Clever... Pretty either pick on and stick to it or allow both!

[DuaneBeye]

The lesson quit working here had to start over.