坏习惯一旦被养成,便不能简单地改正。

Once you've formed a bad habit, you can't get rid of it easily.

Once you have formed a bad habit, you can't get rid of it easily.

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Sentence Composition

1 huài
  1. bad
  2. spoiled
  3. broken
  4. to break down
  5. (suffix) to the utmost
2 习惯 guàn
  1. habit
  2. custom
  3. usual practice
  4. to be used to

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3 一旦 dàn
  1. in case (sth happens)
  2. if
  3. once (sth happens, then...)
  4. when
  5. in a short time
  6. in one day
=4 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 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=4
  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”)
=4
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=4 alternative form of
5 养成 yǎngchéng
  1. to cultivate
  2. to raise
  3. to form (a habit)
  4. to acquire
=6 便 biàn
  1. plain
  2. informal
  3. suitable
  4. convenient
  5. opportune
  6. to urinate or defecate
  7. equivalent to jiù: then
  8. in that case
  9. even if
  10. soon afterwards
=6 便 pián
  1. used in 便宜 piányi
  2. used in 便便 piánpián
  3. used in 便嬛 piánxuān
7 不能 néng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
8 简单 jiǎndān simple; not complicated
=9 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=9
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

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10 改正 gǎizhèng
  1. to correct
  2. to amend
  3. to put right
  4. correction

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