而是

我们看东西不是看其实质，而是以我们的主观意识看它们的。

我們看東西不是看其實質，而是以我們的主觀意識看它們的。

We don't see things as they are, but as we are.

她嫁了 John，不是因為愛他，而是因為 John 是個有錢人。

She married John, not because she loved him, but because he was a rich man.

海洋不是将世界分隔开来，而是将世界连接起来

海洋不是將世界分隔開來，而是將世界連接起來

Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。

關鍵不在穿什麼，而是怎麼穿。

It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

重要的不是你做的是甚麼，而是你怎樣去做它。

What is important is not what you do, but the way you do it.