金錢是一切罪惡之源。

Money is the root of all evil.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 金錢 jīnqián
  1. money
  2. currency
=2 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 一切 yīqiè
  1. everything
  2. every
  3. all
=4 罪惡 zuìè
  1. crime
  2. evil
  3. sin
=4 罪惡 zuì'è crime; evil; sin (Classifier: 樁／桩 m)
5 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
6 源 yuán
  1. root
  2. source
  3. origin