瑪麗雖然看起來好像不是很友好,其實她有顆很善良的心。

Mary looks unfriendly, but she is really very kind at heart.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 瑪麗
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
2 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 shì or 但是 dànshì etc)
=3 看起來 kànlai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
=3 看起來 kànqilai
  1. to look and perceive
  2. to seem; to look as if
4 好像 hǎoxiàng
  1. as if
  2. to seem like
=5 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=5 不是 shi fault; blame
6 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=7 友好 Yǒuhǎo see 友好区 Yǒuhǎo
=7 友好 yǒuhǎo
  1. friendly; amicable
  2. close friend
8 其實 shí actually; in fact; really
9 she
=10 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=10 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
11 classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
12 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
13 善良 shànliáng
  1. good and honest
  2. kindhearted
=14 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 xīn
  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. intention
  4. center
  5. core

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