Chinese example sentences

公说公有理，婆说婆有理

gōngshuōgōngyǒulǐ, póshuōpóyǒulǐ

the father-in-law says he is right, the mother-in-law says she is right

公路上的车越来越多。

Gōnglù shàng de chē yuèláiyuè duō.

There are more and more cars on the road.

公路和桥都是基础设施。

Gōnglù hé qiáo dōu shì jīchǔshèshī.

Roads and bridges are both infrastructure.

公道世间唯白发，贵人头上不曾饶

gōngdào shìjiān wéi báifà, guìrén tóushàng bùcéng ráo

the only fair thing in the world is white hair; it never spared even the noble

公道自在人心

gōngdào zì zai rénxīn

fairness lies in people's hearts

公鸡下蛋，妄想

gōngjī xiàdàn, wàngxiǎng

a rooster laying an egg: wishful thinking

公鸡头上一块肉，大小是个冠

gōngjī tóushàng yíkuài ròu, dàxiǎo shì gè guàn

the lump of flesh on a rooster's head: big or small, it's a crown

公鸡总是在自己的粪堆上称雄

gōngjī zǒngshì zài zìjǐ de fènduī shang chēngxióng

a rooster always plays king on his own dung heap

公鸡戴帽子，冠上加冠

gōngjī dàimàozi, guānshàngjiāguān

a rooster wearing a hat: crown on top of a crown

六个指头搔痒，多来了一道

liù ge zhǐtou sāoyǎng, duō láile yídào

scratching an itch with six fingers: one extra scratch mark

六月的天，孩子的脸，说变就变

liùyuè de tiān, háizi de liǎn, shuō biàn jiù biàn

June weather, a child's face: changes the moment you say so

六月的面杏儿，一捏两瓣儿

liùyuè de miàn xìng ér, yì niē liǎng bànr

a June ripe apricot: one pinch and it splits in two

六月里下雪，稀罕

liùyuè li xiàxuě, xīhan

snow in June: a rarity

六月里戴毡帽，不看气候

liùyuè li dài zhānmào, bú kàn qìhòu

wearing a felt hat in June: not watching the climate

六月里的梨，有点儿酸

liùyuè lǐ de lí, yǒudiǎnr suān

a June pear: a bit sour

六月里蒸年糕，动手太早

liùyuè li zhēng niángāo, dòngshǒu tài zǎo

steaming New Year cake in June: starting too early

六点之前要回家。

Liù diǎn zhīqián yào huíjiā.

You should come home before six.

六点二十分了。

Liù diǎn èr shífēn le.

It's twenty past six.

六点半开始。

Liù diǎn bàn kāishǐ.

It begins at six-thirty.

六点四十五了。

Liù diǎn sì shíwǔ le.

It's a quarter to seven.

六点您行吗？

Liù diǎn nín xíng ma?

Will six o'clock suit you?

六神不定，总会得病

liùshén búdìng, zǒnghuì débìng

if the six spirits are unsettled, illness will come

六耳不同谋

liù'ěrbùtóngmóu

six ears do not plot together

关于教育，他持极端意见。

Guānyú jiàoyù, tā chí jíduān yìjiàn.

He holds an extreme opinion on education.

关于新的环保政策，你有什么看法？

Guānyú xīn de huánbǎo zhèngcè, nǐ yǒu shénme kànfǎ?

What's your opinion on the new environmental policy?

关于旅行计划，家人们各抒己见。

Guānyú lǚxíng jìhuà, jiā rénmen gèshūjǐjiàn.

Everyone in the family shared their own opinion about the travel plan.

关于电脑，她知道的比我多。

Guānyú diànnǎo, tā zhīdào de bǐ wǒ duō.

She knows more about computers than I do.

关于计划他什么也不知道。

Guānyú jìhuà tā shénme yě bù zhīdào.

He doesn't know anything about the plan.

关于这一点，我的想法和你不同。

Guānyú zhè yìdiǎn, wǒ de xiǎngfǎ hé nǐ bùtóng.

I differ from you on that point.

关于这件事，我必须负上责任。

Guānyú zhè jiàn shì, wǒ bìxū fù shàng zérèn.

In relation to this, I am to blame.

关于这种方言的资料很少。

Guānyú zhèzhǒng fāngyán de zīliào hěn shǎo.

There is little information about this dialect.

关于那个你有什么看法？

Guānyú nàge nǐ yǒu shénme kànfǎ?

What do you think about it?

关于那件事你欠我一个道歉。

Guānyú nà jiàn shì nǐ qiàn wǒ yí gè dàoqiàn.

You owe me an apology for that.

关于那件事，我不要再谈了。

Guānyú nà jiàn shì, wǒ búyào zài tánle.

I don't want to talk about it.

关于[topic]，[comment]。

Guānyú[topic], [comment].

Regarding [topic], [comment].

关公卖豆腐，人硬货不硬

Guāngōng mài dòufu, rén yìnghuò bú yìng

Guan Gong selling tofu: the man is tough, the goods are not

关公放屁，不知脸红

Guāngōng fàngpì, bùzhī liǎnhóng

Guan Gong farts: doesn't know to blush

关公舞大刀，拿得起，放得下

Guāngōng wǔ dàdāo, nádeqǐ, fàngdexià

Guan Gong wielding his big sword: can pick it up, can put it down

关公面前比大刀，自不量力

Guāngōng miànqián bǐ dàdāo, zìbúliànglì

comparing big swords in front of Guan Gong: overrating one's own strength

关帝庙前耍大刀，自不量力

guāndìmiào qián shuǎ dàdāo, zìbúliànglì

waving a big sword in front of the Guandi temple: overrating one's own strength

关店后老板每晚都要算账。

Guān diàn hòu lǎobǎn měiwǎn dōu yào suànzhàng.

After closing the shop, the owner does the accounts every night.

关节炎碰到阴雨天，老毛病又犯了

guānjiéyán pèngdào yīnyǔ tiān, lǎomáobìng yòu fànle

arthritis meets rainy weather: the old trouble flares up again

关起笼子抓老鼠，没跑儿

guān qǐ lóngzi zhuā lǎoshǔ, méi pǎo ér

shutting the cage to catch a mouse: it can't run away

关起门来做皇上，自尊自大

guān qǐ mén lái zuò huángshang, zìzūn zìdà

shutting the door and playing emperor: self-important and arrogant

关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。

Guānjiàn bú zài chuān shénme, érshì zěnme chuān.

It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

关门养虎，虎大伤人

guānményǎnghǔ, hǔdàshāngrén

keep a tiger behind closed doors, and when it grows it hurts people

关闭所有的门和窗户。

Guānbì suǒyǒu de mén hé chuānghu.

Shut all the doors and windows.

兵㞞㞞一个，将㞞㞞一窝

bīng sóng sóng yí gè, jiàng sóng sóng yì wō

a cowardly soldier is one coward; a cowardly general is a whole nest of cowards

兵不厌诈，将贵知机

bīngbúyànzhà, jiàng guì zhījī

in war deception is never too much; a general values knowing the moment

兵可百年不用，不可一日不备

bīng kě bǎinián búyòng, bùkě yírì búbèi

an army may go a hundred years unused but not a day unready

兵听将令草随风

bīng tīng jiànglìng cǎo suífēng

soldiers obey the general's order as grass follows the wind

兵在精而不在多，将在谋而不在勇

bīngzàijīng'érbúzàiduō, jiàng zài móu ér bú zài yǒng

soldiers should be elite not numerous; generals should have strategy not just courage

兵家和法家有什么不同？

Bīngjiā hé fǎjiā yǒu shénme bùtóng?

How does the Military School differ from the Legalists?

兵家是诸子百家之一。

Bīngjiā shì zhūzǐbǎijiā zhīyī.

The School of Military Strategy is one of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

兵无将而不动，蛇无头而不行

bīng wú jiāng ér bú dòng, shéwútóu'érbùxíng

troops without a general don't move; a snake without a head can't crawl

兵无常势，水无常形

bīngwúchángshì, shuǐ wúcháng xíng

war has no fixed formation, as water has no fixed shape

兵无强弱，将有巧拙

bīng wú qiángruò, jiàng yǒu qiǎo zhuō

soldiers are not strong or weak, but generals are skilled or clumsy

兵来将挡，水来土堰

bīngláijiàngdǎng, shuǐláitǔyàn

when soldiers come, generals block them; when water comes, earth banks hold it

兵败如山倒，胜者似潮来

bīngbàirúshāndǎo, shèngzhě sì cháo lái

a defeated army collapses like a mountain; the victors come like a tide

兵贵奇不贵众

bīng guì qí bú guì zhòng

in war prize the unexpected, not numbers

兵马俑的每个脸都不一样。

Bīngmǎyǒng de měige liǎn dōu bù yíyàng.

No two faces in the Terracotta Army are the same.

兵马未动，粮草先行

bīngmǎwèidòng, liángcǎoxiānxíng

before troops and horses move, grain and fodder go ahead

其中一个学生今天没来。

Qízhōng yí gè xuésheng jīntiān méi lái.

One of the students didn't come today.

其中一个孩子让门开着。

Qízhōng yí gè háizi ràng mén kāizhe.

One of the children left the door open.

其中一些似乎太难了。

Qízhōng yìxiē sìhū tài nánle.

Some of them seem to be too difficult.

其他人不可以被打扰。

Qítā rén bù kěyǐ bèi dǎrǎo.

The others can't be bothered.

其他人不那么乐观。

Qítā rén bú nàme lèguān.

Others are less optimistic.

其他人怎么想？

Qítā rén zěnme xiǎng?

What does everybody else think?

其他人没有兴趣。

Qítā rén méiyǒu xìngqù.

The others can't be bothered.

其他人的期望会影响我们的行为。

Qítā rén de qīwàng huì yǐngxiǎng wǒmen de xíngwéi.

Other people's expectations affect how we behave.

其他人说它甚至可能是有益的。

Qítā rén shuō tā shènzhì kěnéng shì yǒuyì de.

Others say it may even be beneficial.

其他学生都笑了。

Qítā xuésheng dōu xiàole.

The other students laughed.

其他的一切都好。

Qítā de yíqiè dōu hǎo.

Everything else is fine.

其余的人可以先回家了。

Qíyú de rén kěyǐ xiān huíjiā le.

The others can go home first.

其实，他也爱着她。

Qíshí, tā yě àizhe tā.

In fact, he too loved her.

其实他没去过美国。

Qíshí tā méi qùguo Měiguó.

He hasn't actually been to America.

其实，我不知道。

Qíshí, wǒ bù zhīdào.

Actually, I don't know.

其实我也想学日语。

Qíshí wǒ yě xiǎng xué Rìyǔ.

Honestly, I also want to learn Japanese.

其实我才是杀你的狗的那一个。

Qíshí wǒ cái shì shā nǐ de gǒu de nà yí gè.

The truth is that I was the one who killed your dog.

其实我还是觉得好浪漫哦。

Qíshí wǒ háishi juéde hǎo làngmàn ó.

Actually I find it quite romantic.

其实是不得不结束的。

Qíshí shì bùdébù jiéshù de.

Actually, it must end.

其实有没有这个字的？

Qíshí yǒuméiyǒu zhège zì de?

Is that even a word?

其实没有发生。

Qíshí méiyǒu fāshēng.

That didn't really happen.

其实那个演员已经结婚了。

Qíshí nàge yǎnyuán yǐjīng jiéhūnle.

To tell the truth, that actor is married.

典礼结束时，新人接了吻。

Diǎnlǐ jiéshù shí, xīnrén jiēle wěn.

At the end of the ceremony, the new couple kissed.

兹收到你寄来的三百元。

Zī shōudào nǐ jì lái de sānbǎi yuán.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of the three hundred yuan you sent.

兹证明他在本店工作过。

Zī zhèngmíng tā zài běn diàn gōngzuòguo.

This is to certify that he has worked at this store.

养不教,父之过

yǎng bú jiào,fù zhī guò

to feed without teaching is the father's fault

养儿不读书,只当喂个猪

yǎngr bù dúshū,zhǐdāng wèi gè zhū

raise a son who doesn't study, and it's just like feeding a pig

养儿方知父母恩

yǎngr fāngzhī fùmǔ ēn

only when you raise a child do you know your parents' kindness

养儿防老,积谷防饥

yǎng'érfánglǎo,jīgǔfángjī

raise sons to guard against old age, store grain to guard against hunger

养兵千日,用在一时

yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngzàiyìshí

feed soldiers a thousand days, use them for one moment

养几盆花调剂一下心情。

Yǎng jǐ pénhuā tiáojì yíxià xīnqíng.

Keeping a few pots of flowers gives your mood a change of pace.

养子不易,教子更难

yǎngzǐ búyì,jiàozǐ gèng nán

raising a child is not easy, teaching a child is harder

养正邪自退

yǎng zhèngxié zì tuì

nurture what is right and the wrong retreats by itself

养殖场的工人每天早上喂鸡。

Yǎngzhíchǎng de gōngrén měitiān zǎoshang wèi jī.

The workers at the farm feed the chickens every morning.

养母待他像亲生儿子。

Yǎngmǔ dài tā xiàng qīnshēng érzi.

His adoptive mother treats him like her own son.

养生不如放生

yǎngshēng bùrú fàngshēng

keeping creatures is not as good as setting them free

养病如养虎

yǎngbìng rú yǎng hǔ

nursing an illness is like raising a tiger

养老保险你交了多少年？

Yǎnglǎobǎoxiǎn nǐ jiāole duōshǎo nián?

How many years have you paid into your pension insurance?