每個人都應該是自己命運的主宰。

Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 每個人 měigerén
  1. everybody
  2. everyone
=2 都 Dū surname Du
=2 都 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=2 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
3 應該 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
=4 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)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
6 命運 mìngyùn fate; destiny

classifier: 個
=7 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 主宰 zhǔzǎi
  1. to dominate
  2. to rule
  3. to dictate
  4. master