就算独裁国家是“闭上你的嘴”,民主国家才是“当你放屁”。

Dictatorship can be summed up by "shut up!", democracy by "keep talking".

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 就算 jiùsuàn (coll.) even if
2 独裁 cái dictatorship
3 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier:

=4 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 shì variant of shì
5 闭上 shang
  1. to close
  2. to shut up
=6 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=6 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 zuǐ
  1. mouth
  2. beak
  3. nozzle
  4. spout (of teapot etc)

classifiers: ,

9 民主国家 mínzhǔguójiā democratic country; democratic state
=10 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=10 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=11 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=11 shì variant of shì
=12 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=12 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=12 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
=13 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=13 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
14 放屁 fàng
  1. to fart
  2. to break wind
  3. to talk nonsense
  4. Utter rubbish!