Word: 总 (zǒng)

不管是谁总比没人好。

Bùguǎn shì shéi zǒng bǐ méi rén hǎo.

Anybody would be better than nobody.

事情总比我们想的要复杂得多。

Shìqing zǒng bǐ wǒmen xiǎng de yào fùzá de duō.

Things are always more complex than we think.

人生在世，总要有目标和追求的。

Rénshēng zài shì, zǒng yào yǒu mùbiāo hé zhuīqiú de.

We must have something to live for.

他不是总来晚。

Tā bú shì zǒng lái wǎn.

He doesn't always come late.

他总有一天要返回日本。

Tā zǒng yǒu yì tiān yào fǎnhuí Rìběn.

One day he will return to Japan.

他说英文时总要出一点的错。

Tā shuō Yīngwén shí zǒng yào chū yìdiǎn de cuò.

He never speaks English without making a few mistakes.

你为什么总要大叫？

Nǐ wèishénme zǒng yào dàjiào?

Why are you always shouting?

孩子们总爱创作自己的游戏。

Háizimen zǒng ài chuàngzuò zìjǐ de yóuxì.

Children were apt to invent their own games.

总有一天你会明白的。

Zǒng yǒu yì tiān nǐ huì míngbai de.

You will understand it as time passes.

我要合计一下学生们所得的总分数。

Wǒ yào héjì yíxià xuéshengmen suǒde de zǒng fēnshù.

I'm going to total up the points gained by the students.

有床总比没床好。

Yǒu chuáng zǒng bǐ méi chuáng hǎo.

To have a bed is better than not having one.

笑总比哭好。

Xiào zǒng bǐ kū hǎo.

It's better to laugh than to cry.

这里总有一些事情在发生。

Zhèlǐ zǒng yǒu yìxiē shìqing zài fāshēng.

There is always something happening here.