海洋不是将世界分隔开来,而是将世界连接起来

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

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 海洋 hǎiyáng ocean

classifier:

=2 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 shi fault; blame
=3 jiāng
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to use
  4. to take
  5. to checkmate
  6. just a short while ago
  7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
=3 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
=3 qiāng
  1. to desire
  2. to invite
  3. to request
4 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

5 分隔 fēn
  1. to divide
  2. to separate
  3. partition
=6 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
=6 jiān
  1. (obsolete) even, level
  2. a surname
  3. even, level
7 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
8 而是 érshì rather
=9 jiāng
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to use
  4. to take
  5. to checkmate
  6. just a short while ago
  7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
=9 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
=9 qiāng
  1. to desire
  2. to invite
  3. to request
10 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

11 连接 liánjiē to link; to join; to connect
=12 起来 lai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. lái
=12 起来 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. lai
=12 起来 lái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up