对工具箱里只有一把榔头的人来说,所有的问题都像钉子。

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 对工 duìgōng proper
2
  1. tool
  2. device
  3. utensil
  4. equipment
  5. instrument
  6. talent
  7. ability
  8. to possess
  9. to have
  10. to provide
  11. to furnish
  12. to state
  13. classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
3 xiāng
  1. box
  2. trunk
  3. chest
=4 variant of
=4
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=4 Li (surname)
=4
  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
5 只有 zhǐyǒu
  1. only have ...; there is only ...
  2. (used in combination with cái) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 zhǐyǒutōngguòzhìliáocáinéngquán "the only way to cure it is with therapy")
  3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 zhǐyǒunánxìngcáiyǒuyào "only men would have such a requirement")
  4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 zhǐyǒu "the only thing you can do is give in")
6 一把 a bunch of; a bundle of
7 榔头 lángtou
  1. hammer
  2. large hammer
  3. sledgehammer
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

10 来说 láishuō concerning; about
11 所有 suǒyǒu
  1. all
  2. to have; to possess; to own
=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 问题 wèn
  1. question
  2. problem
  3. issue
  4. topic

classifier:

=14 surname Du
=14 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=14
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
15 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
16 钉子 dīngzi
  1. nail
  2. snag
  3. saboteur