无知是恐惧之母，也是崇拜之母。

Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as of admiration.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 无知 wúzhī
  1. ignorant
  2. ignorance
=2 是 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 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 恐惧 kǒngjù
  1. to be frightened
  2. fear
  3. dread
4 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 母 mǔ
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female
6 也是 yěshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
  2. (pseudoverb) to also be
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
  4. that's true
  5. to also be
7 崇拜 chóngbài
  1. to worship
  2. adoration
8 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
9 母 mǔ
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female