年紀大的夫妻往往喜歡禮金勝於禮物, 因為他們既不需要禮物也沒有空間放禮物。

Older couples often appreciate cash more than gifts because they neither need nor have room for them.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 年紀 nián age

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=2
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=2 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=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 跑堂儿的 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 夫妻 husband and wife; married couple
5 往往 wǎngwǎng
  1. usually
  2. in many cases
  3. more often than not
6 喜歡 huan to like; to be fond of
7 禮金 jīn monetary gift
8 勝於 shèng to be better than; to be superior to
9 禮物 gift; present

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10 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
11 他們 men they; them
12
  1. already
  2. since
  3. both... (and...)
13
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
14 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
15 禮物 gift; present

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=16 surname Ye
=16
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
17 沒有空 méiyǒukòng
  1. (Singapore Mandarin) to be unavailable; to be busy; to be not free
  2. to be unavailable; to be busy; to be not free
=18 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=18 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=18 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete) Used in place names.
  2. (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
  3. Used in place names.
  4. Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
=19 fàng
  1. to put
  2. to place
  3. to release
  4. to free
  5. to let go
  6. to let out
  7. to set off (fireworks)
=19 fǎng
  1. a surname, Fang
  2. alternative form of 仿 (“to imitate; to resemble”)
  3. to base on
  4. to reach
20 禮物 gift; present

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