据说美国人把一个人的收入视为评判他能力的重要尺度。

Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 据说 shuō it is said that; reportedly
=2 美国人 Měiguórén
  1. American
  2. American person
  3. American people

classifier:

=2 美国人 měiguórén US American person; US American people; Usonian(s)
=3
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=3 handle
=3
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
4 一个人 rén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)
=5 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 跑堂兒的 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 收入 shōu
  1. to take in
  2. income
  3. revenue

classifiers: ,

7 视为 shìwéi
  1. to view as
  2. to see as
  3. to consider to be
  4. to deem
8 评判 píngpàn
  1. to judge (a competition)
  2. to appraise
9
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
10 能力 néng
  1. capability
  2. ability

classifier:

=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 跑堂兒的 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 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major
13 尺度 chǐ
  1. scale
  2. yardstick