21世纪社会，不懂电脑不懂外语往往会步步难行。

In the 21st century, it will be hard to survive if you don't know how to use a computer or if you don't know any foreign languages.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 世纪 shìjì century

classifier: 個
2 社会 shèhuì society

classifier: 個
3 不懂 bùdǒng
  1. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
  2. to not understand
  3. unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
4 电脑 diànnǎo computer

classifier: 臺
5 不懂 bùdǒng
  1. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
  2. to not understand
  3. unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
6 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language

classifier: 門
7 往往 wǎngwǎng
  1. usually
  2. in many cases
  3. more often than not
=8 会 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=8 会 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
9 步步 bùbù
  1. step by step
  2. at every step
10 难行 nánxíng hard to pass