比起父母的说教,小孩子会从父母的品格中习得更多知识。

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 比起 compared with
2 父母 father and mother; parents
=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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 说教 shuōjiào to preach
5 小孩子 xiǎoháizi child
=6 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=6 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
7 从父 cóng paternal uncle
8
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 品格 pǐn
  1. (of a person) moral character; integrity
  2. (of a work of art or literature) style; character; quality
  3. (music) fret (on a stringed instrument)
=11 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=11 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=11 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
12 习得
  1. to learn
  2. to acquire (some skill through practice)
  3. acquisition
=13 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=13 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
14 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
=15 知识 zhīshi
  1. knowledge
  2. intellectual

classifier:

=15 知识 zhīshí
  1. (literary) acquaintance; friend
  2. (literary) to know; to be familiar with
  3. acquaintance; friend
  4. to know; to be familiar with