哥倫布不是一位探險家, 因為他熱愛大海。他是一位探險家, 因為他討厭西班牙監獄。

Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 哥倫布 Gēlúnbù
  1. Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
  2. Columbus, capital of Ohio
=2 不是 bùshì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=2 不是 bùshi fault; blame
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 位 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
5 探險家 tànxiǎnjiā explorer
6 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
7 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=8 熱愛 rèài
  1. to love ardently
  2. to adore
=8 熱愛 rè'ài to have a passion for; to have a deep love for; to love with all one's heart
9 大海 dàhǎi
  1. sea
  2. ocean
10 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=11 是 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)
=11 是 shì variant of 是 shì
12 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
13 位 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
14 探險家 tànxiǎnjiā explorer
15 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
16 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
17 討厭 tǎoyàn
  1. to dislike
  2. to loathe
  3. disagreeable
  4. troublesome
  5. annoying
18 西班牙 Xībānyá Spain
19 監獄 jiānyù prison