如果你把你抱怨的时间用在练习篮球上,你或许早已不必抱怨。

If you used the time you spent complaining practicing your basketball, then maybe you would have stopped complaining a long time ago.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=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 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=4 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
5 抱怨 bàoyuàn
  1. to complain
  2. to grumble
  3. to harbor a complaint
  4. to feel dissatisfied
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
8 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
9 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)
=10 练习 liàn
  1. to practice
  2. exercise
  3. drill
  4. practice

classifier:

=10 练习 liàn
  1. to know well; to know clearly
  2. to train
  3. training
11 篮球 lánqiú basketball

classifiers: ,

=12 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=12 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=13 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=13 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
14 或许 huò perhaps; maybe
15 早已 zǎo
  1. for a long time; long since
  2. (dialect) in the past
16 不必
  1. need not
  2. does not have to
  3. not necessarily
17 抱怨 bàoyuàn
  1. to complain
  2. to grumble
  3. to harbor a complaint
  4. to feel dissatisfied