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。

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

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
=2 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=2 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=3 东西 dōng east and west
=3 东西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

=4 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=4 不是 shi fault; blame
=5 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=5 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
6 其实 shí actually; in fact; really
=7 zhì
  1. character
  2. nature
  3. quality
  4. plain
  5. to pawn
  6. pledge
  7. hostage
  8. to question
  9. Taiwan pr. zhí
=7 zhì
  1. (literary) wooden chopping block
  2. (literary, of an object) foot; leg
  3. foot; leg
  4. wooden chopping block
8 而是 érshì rather
=9 old variant of
=9 old variant of
=9 abbr. for Israel 以色列 liè
=9
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
10 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 主观 zhǔguān subjective
13 意识 shí
  1. consciousness; awareness
  2. (usu. followed by dào) to be aware of; to realize
=14 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=14 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=15 它们 men they; them
=15 它们 tāmen
  1. (animal) they; them
  2. they; them
=16 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
=16 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=16 really and truly
=16 (bound form) bull's-eye; target