謊言像一朵盛開的鮮花，外表美麗，生命短暫。

A lie is like a flower in full bloom. It may look pretty, but it wilts quickly.

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Sentence Composition

1 謊言 huǎngyán lie
2 像 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=4 朵 duǒ
  1. flower
  2. earlobe
  3. fig. item on both sides
  4. classifier for flowers, clouds etc
=4 朵 duǒ variant of 朵 duǒ
5 盛開 shèngkāi
  1. blooming
  2. in full flower
=6 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 鮮花 xiānhuā
  1. flower
  2. fresh flowers

classifier: 朵
8 外表 wàibiǎo
  1. external
  2. outside
  3. outward appearance
9 美麗 měilì beautiful
10 生命 shēngmìng life (as the characteristic of living beings)

classifiers: 個, 條
11 短暫 duǎnzàn of short duration; brief; momentary