Comparing “qíshí” and “shíjì shàng”

大家都以为他不在乎，其实他只是一直不愿意把情绪表现出来。

Dàjiā dōu yǐwéi tā bù zàihu, qíshí tā zhǐshì yìzhí bù yuànyì bǎ qíngxù biǎoxiàn chūlái.

Everyone thought he did not care; actually, he simply had never been willing to show his emotions.

这件事表面上看起来已经结束了，其实很多问题才刚刚开始显现。

Zhè jiàn shì biǎomiàn shàng kàn qǐlái yǐjīng jiéshù le, qíshí hěn duō wèntí cái gānggāng kāishǐ xiǎnxiàn.

This matter seems on the surface to have ended already, but actually many problems have only just begun to appear.

这种方案在理论上讲得通，实际上执行起来却会遇到不少现实障碍。

Zhè zhǒng fāng’àn zài lǐlùn shàng jiǎng de tōng, shíjì shàng zhíxíng qǐlái què huì yùdào bù shǎo xiànshí zhàng’ài.

This kind of plan works in theory, but in reality its implementation would encounter quite a few practical obstacles.

许多人只看到了结果，实际上真正决定成败的是过程中的一系列细节。

Xǔduō rén zhǐ kàn dào le jiéguǒ, shíjì shàng zhēnzhèng juédìng chéngbài de shì guòchéng zhōng de yí xìliè xìjié.

Many people only saw the result, but in fact what truly determined success or failure were a series of details in the process.