堅果是圓的,但不是光是圓的就是堅果。

Nuts are round, but not everything that's round is a nut.

The nut is round, but not everything round is a nut.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 堅果 jiānguǒ nut
=2 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)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 yuán
  1. circle
  2. round
  3. circular
  4. spherical
  5. (of the moon) full
  6. unit of Chinese currency (yuan)
  7. tactful
  8. to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
=6 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=6 不是 shi fault; blame
7 光是 guāngshì
  1. solely
  2. just
8 yuán
  1. circle
  2. round
  3. circular
  4. spherical
  5. (of the moon) full
  6. unit of Chinese currency (yuan)
  7. tactful
  8. to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with ) even; even if
11 堅果 jiānguǒ nut