即使你受苦受难,一位好友还可以改进你的心情。

Even if you're really going through hard times, a good friend can improve your spirits.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 即使 shǐ even if; even though
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
3 受苦 shòu to suffer hardship
4 受难 shòunàn
  1. to suffer a calamity
  2. to suffer (e.g. under torture)
  3. distress
5
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
7 好友 hǎoyǒu
  1. close friend
  2. pal
  3. (social networking website) friend

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8 还可以 hái OK; sufficiently likable; not bad
9 改进 gǎijìn
  1. to improve; to make better
  2. improvement

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=10 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=10 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 心情 xīnqíng mood; frame of mind

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