我们通常以为只有在星期日和假期,时间才属于我们自己。

We tend to think that our time is our own only on Sundays and holidays.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 通常 tōngcháng
  1. regular; usual; normal
  2. usually; normally
3 以为 wéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
4 只有 zhǐyǒu
  1. only have ...; there is only ...
  2. (used in combination with cái) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 zhǐyǒutōngguòzhìliáocáinéngquán "the only way to cure it is with therapy")
  3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 zhǐyǒunánxìngcáiyǒuyào "only men would have such a requirement")
  4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 zhǐyǒu "the only thing you can do is give in")
5 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)
=6 星期日 Xīng Sunday
=6 星期日 xīng Sunday
=7 old variant of
=7 surname He
=7
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=7
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=7 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=7 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=7 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=7 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=7 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
8 假期 jià vacation
9 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
=10 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=10 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
11 属于 shǔ
  1. to be classified as
  2. to belong to
  3. to be part of
12 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
13 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own