人知道的越多,懂的就越少。

The more you know, the less you understand.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

2 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
=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 Yuè
  1. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
  2. abbr. for Vietnam 越南
=4 yuè
  1. to exceed
  2. to climb over
  3. to surpass
  4. the more... the more
=4 huó
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bore a hole; to drill a hole
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, music) small hole at the bottom of a se, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
  3. small hole at the bottom of a se, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
  4. to bore a hole; to drill a hole
5 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
6 dǒng
  1. to understand
  2. to comprehend
=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 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 Yuè
  1. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
  2. abbr. for Vietnam 越南
=9 yuè
  1. to exceed
  2. to climb over
  3. to surpass
  4. the more... the more
=9 huó
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bore a hole; to drill a hole
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, music) small hole at the bottom of a se, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
  3. small hole at the bottom of a se, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
  4. to bore a hole; to drill a hole
=10 shǎo
  1. few
  2. less
  3. to lack
  4. to be missing
  5. to stop (doing sth)
  6. seldom
=10 shào young