幸福家庭的幸福原因全都大同小異,但悲慘的家庭卻往往各自有各自的慘法。

All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 幸福 xìng
  1. happiness
  2. happy
  3. blessed
2 家庭 jiātíng
  1. family
  2. household

classifiers: ,

=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 幸福 xìng
  1. happiness
  2. happy
  3. blessed
5 原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier:

6 全都 quándōu
  1. all
  2. without exception
7 大同小異 tóngxiǎo
  1. virtually the same
  2. differing only on small points
8 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
9 悲慘 bēicǎn
  1. miserable
  2. tragic
=10 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 家庭 jiātíng
  1. family
  2. household

classifiers: ,

12 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
13 往往 wǎngwǎng
  1. usually
  2. in many cases
  3. more often than not
14 各自
  1. each
  2. respective
  3. apiece
=15 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=15 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)”)
16 各自
  1. each
  2. respective
  3. apiece
=17 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
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
18 cǎn
  1. miserable
  2. wretched
  3. cruel
  4. inhuman
  5. disastrous
  6. tragic
  7. dim
  8. gloomy
=19 variant of
=19
  1. France
  2. French
  3. abbr. for 法国 guó
  4. Taiwan pr.
=19
  1. law
  2. method
  3. way
  4. to emulate
  5. (Buddhism) dharma
  6. (abbr. for 法家 jiā) the Legalists
  7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 )
=19
  1. old variant of
  2. law