我喜欢画油画,但是我不想拿它做我的终身职业。

I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 喜欢 huan to like; to be fond of
3 huà
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. to draw (a line) (variant of huà)
  3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of huà)
  4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of huà)

classifiers: ,

4 油画 yóuhuà oil painting
5 但是 dànshì but; however
6
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 不想 xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise
=8 old variant of
=8 variant of
=8
  1. to hold
  2. to seize
  3. to catch
  4. to apprehend
  5. to take
  6. (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
=9 it
=9 it (pronoun for an animal)
=9 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=9 only used in 它它
10 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
11
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 终身 zhōngshēn
  1. lifelong
  2. all one's life
  3. marriage
14 职业 zhí
  1. occupation; profession; vocation
  2. professional