明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。所以,所有进步都要靠不明事理的人。

Those who understand adapt to the world; those who don't understand want the world to adapt to them. This is why all human progress depends on people who don't understand.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 明白 míngbai
  1. clear; obvious; unequivocal
  2. sensible; reasonable
  3. to understand; to realize
2 事理 shì
  1. reason
  2. logic
=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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

5 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
6 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
7 适应 shìyìng
  1. to adapt
  2. to fit
  3. to suit
8 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

9 不明事理 míngshì not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
=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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

12 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
13 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
14 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

15 适应 shìyìng
  1. to adapt
  2. to fit
  3. to suit
16 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
17 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
18 所有 suǒyǒu
  1. all
  2. to have; to possess; to own
19 进步 jìn
  1. progress; improvement
  2. to improve; to progress

classifier:

=20 surname Du
=20 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=20
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=21 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=21 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=21 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
22 kào
  1. to lean against or on
  2. to stand by the side of
  3. to come near to
  4. to depend on
  5. to trust
  6. to fuck (vulgar)
  7. traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
23 不明事理 míngshì not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
=24 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
=24 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=24 really and truly
=24 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
25 rén person; people

classifiers: ,