tīng wán / tā / de / shuō míng / hòu / wǒ / cái / míng bái / shì qing / de / jìng kuàng / yuǎn bǐ / biǎo miàn / kàn qǐ lái / fù zá

听完他的说明后，我才明白事情的境况远比表面看起来复杂。

Only after hearing his explanation did I realize that the situation was far more complicated than it appeared on the surface.