一箇好朋友勝過十箇親戚。

One good friend is better than ten relatives.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 一 yī
  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
2 箇 gè variant of 個 gè
3 好朋友 hǎopéngyou
  1. good friend
  2. (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
4 勝過 shèngguò
  1. to excel
  2. to surpass
5 十 shí
  1. ten
  2. 10
6 箇 gè variant of 個 gè
=7 親戚 qīnqi a relative (i.e. family relation)

classifiers: 門, 個, 位
=7 親戚 qīnqī
  1. (Classical) immediate family (one's mother, father and siblings)
  2. immediate family (one's mother, father and siblings)
  3. relative; family relation