富人要進天國,比駱駝穿過針孔還要難。

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

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Sentence Composition

1 富人 rén
  1. rich person
  2. the rich
=2 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
3 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
4 天國 tiānguó Kingdom of Heaven
=5
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利时 shí
=5 euphemistic variant of
=5
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
6 駱駝 luòtuo (coll.) blockhead; ninny

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7 穿過 chuānguò to pass through
8 針孔 zhēnkǒng pinhole
=9 Huán surname Huan
=9 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=9 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
=9 xuán
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
  4. alternative form of (“to rotate; to turn around”)
  5. immediately
  6. nimble; agile
=10 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=10 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=10 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
=11 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=11 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold