教英語通常是失敗者和酒鬼的工作。

Teaching ESL is usually a gig for losers and boozers.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 Jiào surname Jiao
=1 jiāo to teach; to instruct
=1 jiào
  1. (bound form) to teach; to instruct
  2. a religion
  3. to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
2 英語 Yīng English (language)
3 通常 tōngcháng
  1. regular; usual; normal
  2. usually; normally
=4 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)
=4 shì variant of shì
5 失敗者 shībàizhě loser
=6 old variant of
=6 surname He
=6
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=6
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=6 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=6 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=6 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=6 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=6 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
7 酒鬼 jiǔguǐ drunkard
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

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