智者談論想法, 知識分子談論事實, 普通人談論他吃什麼。

Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 智者 zhìzhě
  1. sage
  2. wise man
  3. clever and knowledgeable person
2 談論 tánlùn to discuss; to talk about
3 想法 xiǎngfǎ
  1. way of thinking; opinion; notion
  2. to think of a way (to do sth)
4 知識分子 zhīshifènzǐ intellectual; intelligentsia
5 談論 tánlùn to discuss; to talk about
6 事實 shìshí fact

classifier: 個
7 普通人 pǔtōngrén
  1. ordinary person
  2. private citizen
  3. people
  4. the person in the street
8 談論 tánlùn to discuss; to talk about
9 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=10 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=10 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
11 什麼 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything