國家之間沒有朋友，只有利益。

Countries don't have friends—they have interests.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 國家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier: 個
2 之間 zhījiān
  1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間 tánzhǐzhījiān)
3 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
=4 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=4 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
5 只有 zhǐyǒu
  1. only have ...; there is only ...
  2. (used in combination with 才 cái) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 zhǐyǒutōngguòzhìliáocáinéngquányù "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 zhǐyǒunánxìngcáiyǒucǐxūyào "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 zhǐyǒuqūfú "the only thing you can do is give in")
6 利益 lìyì
  1. benefit
  2. (in sb's) interest

classifier: 個