數學家是詩人,不過他們必須也能證明他們想像力的果實。

Mathematicians are poets, except that they have to prove what their fantasy creates.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 數學家 shùxuéjiā mathematician
=2 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)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 詩人 shīrén
  1. bard
  2. poet
4 不過 guò
  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)
5 他們 men they; them
6 必須
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
=7 surname Ye
=7
  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
=8 Néng surname Neng
=8 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=8 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”)
=8 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”)
=8 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”)
=8 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=8 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”)
=8 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
9 證明 zhèngmíng
  1. proof
  2. certificate
  3. identification
  4. testimonial
  5. to prove
  6. to testify
  7. to confirm the truth of

classifier:

10 他們 men they; them
11 想像力 xiǎngxiàng
  1. conception
  2. imagination
=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 果實 guǒshí
  1. fruit (produced by a plant)
  2. (fig.) fruits (of success etc)
  3. results
  4. gains