小草间的对话不要得罪大树。

In conversation among the small grasses, do not offend the big tree.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
=2 cǎo variant of cǎo
=2 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: , , ,

=2 cào variant of cào
=3 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=3 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=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 对话 duìhuà
  1. to talk (with sb)
  2. dialogue; conversation
6 不要 yào don't!; must not
=7 得罪 zuì
  1. to commit an offense
  2. to violate the law
  3. excuse me! (formal)
  4. see also 得罪 zui
=7 得罪 zui
  1. to offend sb
  2. to make a faux pas
  3. a faux pas
  4. see also 得罪 zuì
8 大树 shù
  1. (~) Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  2. (~) Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  3. Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  4. Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , / (shù): big tree