买了不想要的东西,往往得要卖掉想要的东西。

He that buys what he does not want, must often sell what he does want.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=2 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=2 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=2 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=2 liào unofficial variant of liào
3 不想 xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise
=4 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=4 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
=4 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 东西 dōng east and west
=6 东西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

7 往往 wǎngwǎng
  1. usually
  2. in many cases
  3. more often than not
8 得要 děiyào
  1. to need
  2. must
9 卖掉 màidiào to sell off
10 想要 xiǎngyào
  1. to want to
  2. to feel like
  3. to fancy
  4. to care for sb
  5. desirous of
=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=12 东西 dōng east and west
=12 东西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,