出生是一分錢，永遠不會變成一角錢。

He who is born for a dime, will never be worth a quarter.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 出生 chūshēng to be born
=2 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 一分 yīfēn a few
=4 錢 Qián surname Qian
=4 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=4 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool
5 永遠 yǒngyuǎn
  1. forever
  2. eternal
6 不會 bùhuì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all
7 變成 biànchéng
  1. to change into
  2. to turn into
  3. to become
8 一角 yījiǎo one corner; a nook
=9 錢 Qián surname Qian
=9 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=9 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool