人是从语言里学会语法,而非从语法里学会语言的。

One learns grammar from language, not language from grammar.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 cóng variant of cóng
=3 Cóng surname Cong
=3 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
=4 语言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=4 语言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell
=5 variant of
=5
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=5 Li (surname)
=5
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
6 学会 xuéhuì
  1. to learn; to master
  2. institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
7 语法 grammar
8 而非 érfēi rather than; as opposed to
=9 cóng variant of cóng
=9 Cóng surname Cong
=9 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
10 语法 grammar
=11 variant of
=11
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=11 Li (surname)
=11
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
12 学会 xuéhuì
  1. to learn; to master
  2. institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
=13 语言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=13 语言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell
=14 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target