總是聽到有人說何時會碰到貴人，也許我們應該問，誰不是我們的貴人？

We always hear people asking when they'll meet someone who'll help turn their life around, but why not ask instead who isn't that someone?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 總是 zǒngshì always
2 聽到 tīngdào to hear
3 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
=4 說 shuì to persuade
=4 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
5 何時 héshí when
=6 會 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=6 會 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=6 會 kuò only used in 會撮／会撮
7 碰到 pèngdào
  1. to come across
  2. to run into
  3. to meet
  4. to hit
8 貴人 guìrén
  1. nobility
  2. person of high rank
9 也許 yěxǔ perhaps; maybe
10 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
11 應該 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
12 問 wèn to ask; to inquire
13 誰 shéi
  1. who
  2. also pr. shuí
=14 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=14 不是 bùshi fault; blame
15 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=16 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=16 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=16 的 dí really and truly
=16 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
17 貴人 guìrén
  1. nobility
  2. person of high rank