甚至是不相信天主教的人也把教皇敬为一个象征性的领导者。

Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 甚至 shènzhì even; so much so that
=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. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
5 天主教 Tiānzhǔjiào Catholicism
=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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=8 surname Ye
=8
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
=9
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=9 handle
=9
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
10 教皇 jiàohuáng (Catholicism) pope; pontiff
11 jìng
  1. (bound form) respectful; to respect
  2. to offer politely
=12 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=12 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=12 wéi variant of wéi
=12 wèi variant of wèi
=13 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=13 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
14 象征性 xiàngzhēngxìng
  1. symbolic
  2. emblem
  3. token
=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 领导者 lǐngdǎozhě leader