说苗条比说瘦更有礼貌。

It's more polite to say thin than skinny.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 说 shuì to persuade
=1 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=1 说 shuō variant of 說 shuō
=2 苗条 miáotiao
  1. (of a woman) slim
  2. slender
  3. graceful
=2 苗条 miáotiáo slender; slim (in an attractive way)
=3 比 Bǐ
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 Bǐlìshí
=3 比 bī euphemistic variant of 屄 bī
=3 比 bǐ
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=3 比 pí
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=3 比 bì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=3 比 pǐ
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
=4 说 shuì to persuade
=4 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 说 shuō variant of 說 shuō
5 瘦 shòu
  1. thin
  2. to lose weight
  3. (of clothing) tight
  4. (of meat) lean
  5. (of land) unproductive
=6 更 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=6 更 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
7 有礼貌 yǒulǐmào
  1. courteous
  2. polite