尽管程序设计师天天都会用到分号,大多数人只把分号用在表情中。

Where programmers use semi-colons every day, the majority of people only use them in emoticons.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 尽管 jǐnguǎn
  1. despite
  2. although
  3. even though
  4. in spite of
  5. unhesitatingly
  6. do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
  7. (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
2 程序设计 chéngshè computer programming
=3 Shī surname Shi
=3 shī
  1. teacher
  2. master
  3. expert
  4. model
  5. army division
  6. (old) troops
  7. to dispatch troops
4 天天 tiāntiān every day
5 都会 huì
  1. city
  2. metropolis
6 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
7 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
8 分号 fēnhào semicolon (punct.)
9 大多数 duōshù (great) majority
10 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=11 zhī variant of zhī
=11 zhǐ only; merely; just
=11 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=11 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=11 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=11 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=12
  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})
=12 handle
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
13 分号 fēnhào semicolon (punct.)
14 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
15 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)
16 表情 biǎoqíng
  1. (facial) expression
  2. to express one's feelings
=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)