yǔ qí shuō … … ， bù rú shuō … … 。
与其说……，        不如说……。

1. 与其说sb/sth B，不如说A
   sb./sth. is more A than B

E.g.

yǔ qí shuō tā shì wèi zhé xué jiā ， bù rú shuō tā shì wèi yì shù jiā 。
与其说他是位哲学家，不如说他是位艺术家。
He is more an artist than a philosopher.

2. sb./sth. is less A than B
   与其说sb/sthA，不如说B

E.g.

yǔ qí shuō wǒ kě ， bù rú shuō wǒ è 。
与其说我渴，不如说我饿。
I'm less thirsty than hungry.

3. not so much...as...

E.g.

tā qù fǎ guó yǔ qí shuō shì guān guāng bù rú shuō qù kǎo chá 。
他去法国与其说是观光不如说去考察。
He go to France not so much for sightseeing as for inspection.

Learn Chinese--是……不是……