数学家就像是法国人:不管你跟他们说什么,他们都会把这翻译成他们自己的语言,并将其变成一些完全不同的东西。

Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 数学家 shùxuéjiā mathematician
2 就像 jiùxiàng to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though
=3 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)
=3 shì variant of shì
4 法国人 guórén
  1. Frenchman
  2. French person
5 不管 guǎn
  1. not to be concerned
  2. regardless of
  3. no matter
=6 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=6 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.)
7 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
8 他们 men they; them
=9 shuì to persuade
=9 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=9 shuō variant of shuō
10 什么 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything
11 他们 men they; them
12 都会 huì
  1. city
  2. metropolis
=13
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=13 handle
=13
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=14 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=14 zhèi (coll.) this
15 翻译 fān
  1. to translate
  2. to interpret
  3. translator
  4. interpreter
  5. translation
  6. interpretation

classifiers: , ,

=16 Chéng
  1. surname Cheng
  2. short name for Chengdu 成都 Chéng
=16 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
17 他们 men they; them
18 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=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 语言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=20 语言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell
=21 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=21 bìng
  1. to combine
  2. to amalgamate
=21 Bīng short name for Taiyuan 太原 Tàiyuán
=21 bìng variant of bìng
=22 jiāng
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to use
  4. to take
  5. to checkmate
  6. just a short while ago
  7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
=22 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
=22 qiāng
  1. to desire
  2. to invite
  3. to request
=23
  1. his
  2. her
  3. its
  4. their
  5. that
  6. such
  7. it (refers to sth preceding it)
=23
  1. (obsolete) Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  2. (obsolete) Used in personal names.
  3. Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  4. Used in personal names.
=23
  1. (archaic) only used in 彼其
  2. only used in 彼其
24 变成 biànchéng
  1. to change into
  2. to turn into
  3. to become
25 一些 xiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
26 完全 wánquán
  1. complete; whole
  2. totally; entirely
27 不同 tóng
  1. different
  2. distinct
  3. not the same
  4. not alike
=28 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
=28 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=28 really and truly
=28 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=29 东西 dōng east and west
=29 东西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,