当你不知道对方是否像你爱着对方一样爱着自己的时候,便很难爱上一个人。

When you do not know if someone really loves you as much as you love him, it is very hard to truly love him.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=1 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=1 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
3 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=4 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=4 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
5 对方 duìfāng the other person; the other side; the other party
6 是否 shìfǒu
  1. whether (or not)
  2. if
  3. is or isn't
7 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
=8 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=8 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
9 ài
  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
=10 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=10 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=10 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=10 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
11 对方 duìfāng the other person; the other side; the other party
12 一样 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
13 ài
  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
=14 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=14 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=14 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=14 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
15 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=16 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
=16 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=16 really and truly
=16 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
17 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=18 便 biàn
  1. plain
  2. informal
  3. suitable
  4. convenient
  5. opportune
  6. to urinate or defecate
  7. equivalent to jiù: then
  8. in that case
  9. even if
  10. soon afterwards
=18 便 pián
  1. used in 便宜 piányi
  2. used in 便便 piánpián
  3. used in 便嬛 piánxuān
19 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=20 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=20 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold
21 爱上 àishàng
  1. to fall in love with
  2. to be in love with
22 一个人 rén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)