从来没有见过有谁能仅通过读书就能学会打篮球的,其实学习外语也是一样的道理。

I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 从来没有 cóngláiméiyǒu
  1. there has never been; has never had
  2. (before a verb) has never
=2 jiàn
  1. to see
  2. to meet
  3. to appear (to be sth)
  4. to interview
  5. opinion
  6. view
=2 xiàn
  1. to appear
  2. also written xiàn
=3 Guō surname Guo
=3 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=3 guo (experienced action marker)
=4 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=4 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)”)
5 shéi
  1. who
  2. also pr. shuí
=6 Néng surname Neng
=6 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=6 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=6 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=6 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=6 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=6 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=6 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
7 jǐn
  1. barely
  2. only
  3. merely
8 通过 tōngguò
  1. to pass through; to get through
  2. to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
  3. to pass (a test)
  4. by means of; through; via
9 读书 shū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school
10 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=11 Néng surname Neng
=11 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=11 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=11 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=11 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=11 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=11 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=11 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
12 学会 xuéhuì
  1. to learn; to master
  2. institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
=13
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr.
=13
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 sǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 diànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 zhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 shǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 hòu "since then")
14 篮球 lánqiú basketball

classifiers: ,

=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 其实 shí actually; in fact; really
17 学习 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
18 外语 wài foreign language

classifier:

19 也是 shì
  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
20 一样 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
=21 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
=21 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=21 really and truly
=21 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=22 道理 dàoli
  1. reason
  2. argument
  3. sense
  4. principle
  5. basis
  6. justification

classifier:

=22 道理 dào
  1. principle; rule; truth; philosophy
  2. reason; argument; sense; logic
  3. way; plan