學習不該被強迫,而是該被鼓勵。

Learning should not be forced, but rather encouraged.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 學習 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
2 不該 gāi
  1. should not
  2. to owe nothing
=3 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=3
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=3
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=3 alternative form of
4 強迫 qiǎng
  1. to compel
  2. to force
5 而是 érshì rather
6 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
=7 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=7
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=7
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=7 alternative form of
8 鼓勵 to encourage