中国是一只沉睡的狮子,一旦觉醒,将会震惊世界。

China is a sleeping tiger, but once it wakes up, it will shock the world.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 中国 Zhōngguó China
=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
  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 zhī variant of zhī
=4 zhǐ only; merely; just
=4 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=4 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=4 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=4 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
5 沉睡 chénshuì
  1. to be fast asleep
  2. (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
=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 跑堂兒的 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 狮子 Shī
  1. Leo (star sign)
  2. Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣 Píngdōng Xiàn, Taiwan
=7 狮子 shīzi lion

classifiers: ,

8 一旦 dàn
  1. in case (sth happens)
  2. if
  3. once (sth happens, then...)
  4. when
  5. in a short time
  6. in one day
9 觉醒 juéxǐng
  1. to awaken
  2. to come to realize
  3. awakened to the truth
  4. the truth dawns upon one
  5. scales fall from the eyes
  6. to become aware
10 将会 jiānghuì
  1. auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)
  2. will (cause)
  3. should (enable)
  4. going to
11 震惊 zhènjīng
  1. to shock
  2. to astonish
12 世界 shìjiè world

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