有草的地方无水,有水的地方无草。

Where there is grass, there is no water. Where there is water, there is no grass.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=1 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)”)
=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 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=4 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=4 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

classifiers: , ,

5 无水 shuǐ
  1. anhydrous (chemistry)
  2. waterless
  3. dehydrated
6 有水 yǒushuǐ supplied with water (of a house)
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=8 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

classifiers: , ,

=9 used in 南無
=9
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
=10 cǎo variant of cǎo
=10 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: , , ,

=10 cào variant of cào