很多人问我，青春的诀别是否意味着年迈的将近。

A lot of people ask me whether bidding goodbye to youth means old age is near.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
3 问 wèn to ask; to inquire
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
5 青春 qīngchūn
  1. youth
  2. youthfulness
=6 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
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 诀别 juébié
  1. to bid farewell
  2. to part (usually with little hope of meeting again)
8 是否 shìfǒu
  1. whether (or not)
  2. if
  3. is or isn't
9 意味着 yìwèizhe
  1. to signify
  2. to mean
  3. to imply
10 年迈 niánmài
  1. old
  2. aged
=11 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
=11 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=11 的 dí really and truly
=11 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 将近 jiāngjìn
  1. almost
  2. nearly
  3. close to