我的朋友總是三分鐘熱度,一年就換了三份工作。

My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=3 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=3 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
4 總是 zǒngshì always
5 三分鐘熱度 sānfēnzhōng
  1. brief period of enthusiasm
  2. flash in the pan
6
  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
=7 Nián surname Nian
=7 nián year

classifier:

=7 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
8 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
9 huàn
  1. to exchange
  2. to change (clothes etc)
  3. to substitute
  4. to switch
  5. to convert (currency)
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào
=11 Sān surname San
=11 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
12 fèn
  1. classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
  2. variant of fèn
13 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

classifiers: , ,