沒有雪的冬天不是冬天。

A winter without snow isn't winter.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
=2 雪 Xuě surname Xue
=2 雪 xuě
  1. snow
  2. (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

classifier: 場
=3 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 冬天 dōngtiān winter

classifier: 個
=5 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=5 不是 bùshi fault; blame
6 冬天 dōngtiān winter

classifier: 個