歐盟盟旗的十二顆星代表的不是創立聯盟的十二個會員國,而是十二門徒。

The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 歐盟 Ōuméng
  1. European Union
  2. EU
=2 méng
  1. oath
  2. pledge
  3. union
  4. to ally
  5. league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
=2 mèng only used in 盟津, alternative form of 孟津 (Mèngjīn)
=3
  1. flag
  2. variant of
=3
  1. banner
  2. flag
  3. (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗 )
  4. administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to xiàn county

classifier:

=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=5 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
6 顆星 xīng
  1. (Taiwan, sports) cushion (the lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back)
  2. cushion (the lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back)
7 代表 dàibiǎo
  1. representative
  2. delegate
  3. to represent
  4. to stand for
  5. on behalf of
  6. in the name of

classifiers: , ,

=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=9 不是 shi fault; blame
10 創立 chuàng to establish; to set up; to found
11 聯盟 liánméng
  1. alliance
  2. union
  3. coalition
=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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=13 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=13 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
=14 used in 自個兒 r
=14
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
15 會員國 huìyuánguó member nation
16 而是 érshì rather
=17 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=17 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
18 門徒 mén disciple