生命是一袭华美的袍子,爬满了虱子。

Life is a magnificent gown full of lice.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 生命 shēngmìng life (as the characteristic of living beings)

classifiers: ,

=2 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 shì variant of shì
3 一袭 an outfit of (clothing)
4 华美 huáměi
  1. magnificent
  2. gorgeous
  3. ornate
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 袍子 páozi Chinese-style gown
7
  1. to crawl
  2. to climb
  3. to get up or sit up
=8 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group
=8 mǎn
  1. to fill
  2. full
  3. filled
  4. packed
  5. fully
  6. completely
  7. quite
  8. to reach the limit
  9. to satisfy
  10. satisfied
  11. contented
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10 虱子 shīzi louse (Pediculus humanus)