最重要的不是你看了多少書,而是你看的是甚麼書。

What is important is not how many books you read, but what books you read.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 zuì variant of zuì
=1 zuì old variant of zuì
=1 zuì
  1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
  2. (after zhī) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 shìjièzhīzuì "the greatest in the world")
2 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major
=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 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=4 不是 shi fault; blame
=5 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=5 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.)
=6 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=6 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
=8 多少 duōshǎo
  1. number; amount
  2. somewhat
=8 多少 duōshao
  1. how much?; how many?
  2. (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
=9 Shū abbr. for 書經 Shūjīng
=9 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: , ,

10 而是 érshì rather
=11 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=11 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.)
=12 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=12 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=13 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
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=14 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)
=14 shì variant of shì
=15 shén variant of shén
=15 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=16 exclamatory final particle
=16 ma interrogative final particle
=16 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=16
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
=17 Shū abbr. for 書經 Shūjīng
=17 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: , ,