天才与精神错乱之间只隔着成功。

Genius and madness are separated only by success.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 天才 tiāncái
  1. talent
  2. gift
  3. genius
  4. talented
  5. gifted
=2 与 yú variant of 欤 yú
=2 与 yǔ
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=2 与 yù to take part in
3 精神错乱 jīngshéncuòluàn insanity
4 之间 zhījiān
  1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 tánzhǐzhījiān)
=5 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=5 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=5 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=5 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=5 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=5 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
6 隔 gé
  1. to separate
  2. to partition
  3. to stand or lie between
  4. at a distance from
  5. after or at an interval of
=7 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=7 着 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=7 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=8 成功 Chénggōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县 Táidōng Xiàn, southeast Taiwan
=8 成功 chénggōng
  1. to succeed
  2. success
  3. successful; fruitful