婚姻生活固然有許多痛苦的地方,但單身也絕不是一件樂事。

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 婚姻 hūnyīn marriage; matrimony

classifiers: ,

2 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood
3 固然 rán admittedly (it's true that...)
=4 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=4 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
5 許多 duō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
6 痛苦 tòng
  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. painful

classifier:

=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 跑堂儿的 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 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=8 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

classifiers: , ,

9 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
10 單身 dānshēn
  1. unmarried; single
  2. alone
=11 surname Ye
=11
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
12 絕不 jué in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
=13 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)
=13 shì variant of shì
14
  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
15 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
=16 樂事 shì Lay's (brand)
=16 樂事 shì pleasure