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Pronunciation
但是 ( dàn shì ) 我 ( wǒ ) 没想到 ( méi xiǎng dào ) ,医院 ( yī yuàn ) 的 ( de ) 医生 ( yī shēng ) 们 ( men ) 会 ( huì ) 认为 ( rèn wéi ) 它 ( tā ) 是 ( shì ) 没用 ( méi yòng ) 的 ( de ) 奢侈品 ( shē chǐ pǐn )
但 (ただ) (adj-no) (1) (uk) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (esp. 只) free of charge; (3) (usu. as ただでは...) unaffected; as is; safe; (adv) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (5) (esp. 但) but; however; nevertheless; (P) [EDICT] (dàn, ㄉㄢˋ ) but; yet; however; only; merely; still [CE-DICT]
是 (これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT] (ぜ) (n) righteousness; justice; right [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) is; are; am; yes; to be [CE-DICT]
医 (い) (n,n-suf) medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor; (P) [EDICT] (くすし;くすりし(薬師)) (n) (arch) doctor [EDICT] (yī, ㄧ ) medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat [CE-DICT]
院 (いん) (n) (1) (hon) imperial palace; (2) emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (suf) (3) temple; (4) institution (esp. a government office, school, hospital, etc.); (5) suffix used in posthumous names (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.) [EDICT] (yuàn, ㄩㄢˋ ) courtyard; institution [CE-DICT]
会 (え) (n) (arch) gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.) [EDICT] (かい) (n,n-suf) (1) meeting; assembly; party; (2) association; club; (P) [EDICT] (huì, ㄏㄨㄟˋ ) can; be possible; be able to; will; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association [CE-DICT] (kuài, ㄎㄨㄞˋ ) to balance an account; accounting [CE-DICT]
认 (rèn, ㄖㄣˋ ) to recognize; to know; to admit [CE-DICT]
为 (wéi, ㄨㄟˊ ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT] (wèi, ㄨㄟˋ ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT]