老實說,世界在運轉,有用的人萬里挑一。
To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Source:
Tatoeba
Sentence Composition
| 1 | 老實說 | lǎoshíshuō | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... |
| 2 | 世界 | shìjiè |
world classifier: 個 |
| 3 | 在 | zài |
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| 4 | 運轉 | yùnzhuǎn |
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| 5 | 有用 | yǒuyòng | useful |
| =6 | 的 | de |
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| =6 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =6 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =6 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 7 | 人 | rén | person; people |
| =8 | 萬里 | Wàn Lǐ | Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician |
| =8 | 萬里 | Wànlǐ | Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市 Xīnběishì, Taiwan |
| =8 | 萬里 | wànlǐ |
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| =9 | 挑 | tiāo |
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| =9 | 挑 | tiǎo |
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| =9 | 挑 | tāo | only used in 挑達/挑达 (tāotà, “walking back and forth; coming and going”) |
| 10 | 一 | yī |
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