如果乳酪是好的, 但是蛋糕是個謊言, 什麼是乳酪蛋糕? 一個好的謊言。

If cheese is good, but the cake is a lie, what is a cheesecake? A good lie.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 rúguǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 乳酪 rǔlào cheese
=3 是 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)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 好的 hǎode okay; all right; no worries
5 但是 dànshì but; however
6 蛋糕 dàngāo cake

classifiers: 塊, 個
=7 是 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)
=7 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=8 個 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=8 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
9 謊言 huǎngyán lie
10 什麼 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
=11 是 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)
=11 是 shì variant of 是 shì
12 乳酪蛋糕 rǔlàodàngāo cheesecake
=13 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=13 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
14 好的 hǎode okay; all right; no worries
15 謊言 huǎngyán lie