社會不是在進步，而是在退步。

Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 社會 shèhuì society

classifier: 個
=2 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 bùshi fault; blame
3 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
4 進步 jìnbù
  1. progress; improvement
  2. to improve; to progress

classifier: 個
5 而是 érshì rather
6 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
7 退步 tuìbù
  1. to do less well than before
  2. to make a concession
  3. setback
  4. backward step
  5. leeway
  6. room to maneuver
  7. fallback