我听说英语是用来赚钱的，法语是用来做爱的，西班牙语是用来祈求上帝的。

I've heard it said that English is for making money, French for making love, and Spanish for praying to God.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 听说 tīngshuō
  1. to hear (sth said)
  2. one hears (that)
  3. hearsay
  4. listening and speaking
3 英语 Yīngyǔ English (language)
=4 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)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 用来 yònglái to be used for
6 赚钱 zhuànqián
  1. to earn money
  2. moneymaking
=7 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 法语 Fǎyǔ French (language)
=8 法语 fǎyǔ
  1. (Buddhism) words about Buddhist doctrine
  2. (literary) speech in accordance with etiquette
  3. French language
  4. speech in accordance with etiquette
  5. words about Buddhist doctrine
=9 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)
=9 是 shì variant of 是 shì
10 用来 yònglái to be used for
=11 做爱 zuòài to make love
=11 做爱 zuò'ài to make love; to have sex
=12 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=12 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=12 的 dí really and truly
=12 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=13 西班牙语 Xībānyáyǔ Spanish language
=13 西班牙语 xībānyáyǔ the Spanish language
=14 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)
=14 是 shì variant of 是 shì
15 用来 yònglái to be used for
16 祈求 qíqiú
  1. to pray for
  2. to appeal
17 上帝 Shàngdì God
=18 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=18 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=18 的 dí really and truly
=18 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target