选择朋友要慎重。

You should choose your friends very carefully.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 选择 xuǎnzé
  1. to select; to pick
  2. choice; option; alternative
=2 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=2 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
=3 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 要 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
=3 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
4 慎重 shènzhòng
  1. cautious
  2. careful
  3. prudent