施比受更有福。

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Shī surname Shi
=1 shī
  1. (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)
  2. to distribute (alms etc)
  3. to apply (fertilizer etc)
=1
  1. kindness; favour
  2. to disperse; to become spread
  3. to grant; to bestow; to give
=1
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yí, “to change”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to extend to; to reach
  3. alternative form of (yí, “to change”)
  4. to extend to; to reach
=1 shǐ
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (chǐ, “to boast”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cast away; to relieve”)
  3. alternative form of (chǐ, “to boast”)
  4. alternative form of (“to cast away; to relieve”)
=1
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“awry”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 施施 (yíyí, “walking in a crooked way”)
  3. alternative form of (“awry”)
  4. used in 施施 (yíyí, “walking in a crooked way”)
=2
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利时 shí
=2 euphemistic variant of
=2
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
3 shòu
  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to suffer
  4. subjected to
  5. to bear
  6. to stand
  7. pleasant
  8. (passive marker)
  9. (LGBT) bottom
=4 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=4 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
5 有福 yǒu to be blessed