在人际交往中,第一印象决定着将要发生的事情内容的百分之五十以上。

When people meet, first impressions determine more than 50 percent of whatever happens next.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 人际 rén
  1. human relationships
  2. interpersonal
3 交往 jiāowǎng
  1. to associate (with)
  2. to have contact (with)
  3. to hang out (with)
  4. to date
  5. (interpersonal) relationship
  6. association
  7. contact
=4 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=4 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=4 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
=5 第一
  1. first
  2. most important; primary; foremost
=5 第一 dì-
  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
  2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
  3. first; 1st
  4. firstly
  5. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
6 印象 yìnxiàng
  1. impression (sth that stays in one's mind)
  2. a memory
7 决定 juédìng
  1. to decide (to do something)
  2. to resolve
  3. decision
  4. certainly

classifiers: ,

=8 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=8 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=8 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=8 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
9 将要 jiāngyào
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to be going to
10 发生 shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=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 事情 shìqing affair; matter; thing; business

classifiers: ,

13 内容 nèiróng
  1. content
  2. substance
  3. details

classifiers: ,

=14 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 百分之 bǎifēnzhī percent
16 五十 shí fifty
17 以上 shàng
  1. that level or higher; that amount or more
  2. the above-mentioned
  3. (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.