她比玛丽聪明,但她却没玛丽漂亮。

She's smarter than Mary, but she's not as pretty as Mary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
=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 玛丽
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
=4 聪明 cōngming
  1. intelligent; clever; bright
  2. acute (of sight and hearing)
=4 聪明 cōngmíng
  1. (archaic, of hearing and vision) sharp; keen; perceptive
  2. clever; intelligent; smart; bright
  3. sharp; keen; perceptive
5 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 she
=7 què old variant of què
=7 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
=7
  1. to catch
  2. to dispel
  3. to hold up with both hands
=8 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=8
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
9 玛丽
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
10 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful