我们在书中认识的人可以带给我们愉悦或是他们与我们生活中挚爱的朋友相似,或是因为他们是我们所不熟悉却乐于结识的人。

The people we meet in books can delight us either because they resemble the friends we hold dear in real life, or because they are unfamiliar people that we are pleased to get to know.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=3 Shū abbr. for 书经 Shūjīng
=3 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: , ,

=4 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=4 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=4 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
5 认识 rènshi
  1. to know
  2. to recognize
  3. to be familiar with
  4. to get acquainted with sb
  5. knowledge
  6. understanding
  7. awareness
  8. cognition
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

8 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
9 带给 dàigěi
  1. to give to
  2. to provide to
  3. to bring to
  4. to take to
10 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
11 愉悦 yuè
  1. joyful
  2. cheerful
  3. delighted
  4. joy
  5. delight
12 或是 huòshì
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
13 他们 men they; them
=14 variant of
=14
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=14 to take part in
15 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
16 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood
=17 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=17 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=17 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
=18 挚爱 zhìài true love
=18 挚爱 zhì'ài
  1. thing that one deeply loves; true love
  2. to love with all of one's heart; to love deeply
=19 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=20 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=20 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
21 相似 xiāng similar; alike
22 或是 huòshì
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
23 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
24 他们 men they; them
=25 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)
=25 shì variant of shì
26 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
27 suǒ
  1. actually
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

classifier:

28 不熟 shú
  1. not cooked
  2. unfamiliar
29
  1. in all cases
  2. know
=30 què old variant of què
=30 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
=30
  1. to catch
  2. to dispel
  3. to hold up with both hands
31 乐于
  1. willing (to do sth)
  2. to take pleasure in
32 结识 jiéshí
  1. to get to know sb
  2. to meet sb for the first time
=33 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
=33 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=33 really and truly
=33 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
34 rén person; people

classifiers: ,