一個好鄰居勝於一個遙遠的朋友。

A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
=2 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=2 好 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
3 鄰居 línjū neighbor

classifier: 個
4 勝於 shèngyú to be better than; to be superior to
=5 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 遙遠 yáoyuǎn distant; remote
=7 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
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=8 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