一百年才出一个周立波。

A person like Zhou Libo is only born once every hundred years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 一百 yībǎi one hundred; a hundred
=2 年 Nián surname Nian
=2 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=2 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
=3 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=3 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=4 出 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=4 出 chū variant of 出 chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 周立波 Zhōu Lìbō
  1. Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian