宗教在一般人的眼中是真理,在智者的眼中是謊言,而在統治者的眼中則是一種工具。

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 宗教 zōngjiào religion
2 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)
3 一般人 bānrén average person
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 眼中 yǎnzhōng in (sb's) eyes
=6 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=6 shì variant of shì
7 真理 zhēn truth

classifier:

8 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)
9 智者 zhìzhě
  1. sage
  2. wise man
  3. clever and knowledgeable person
=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 眼中 yǎnzhōng in (sb's) eyes
=12 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=12 shì variant of shì
13 謊言 huǎngyán lie
14 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
15 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)
16 統治者 tǒngzhìzhě ruler
=17 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
18 眼中 yǎnzhōng in (sb's) eyes
19 則是 shì
  1. (archaic) only; merely; just
  2. only; merely; just
20 一種 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
21 工具 gōng
  1. tool
  2. instrument
  3. utensil
  4. means (to achieve a goal etc)