你可以說他是個騙子, 但是你不能稱他為壞人。 - Zhictionary

Zhictionary

你可以說他是個騙子, 但是你不能稱他為壞人。

You may call him a liar, but you cannot call him a bad man.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

can
may
possible
able to
not bad
pretty good

to speak; to talk; to say
to explain; to comment
to scold; to tell off
(bound form) theory; doctrine

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

to be (followed by substantives only)
correct; right; true
(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
(adverb for emphatic assertion)

variant of 是 shì

used in 自個兒 zìgěr

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
(bound form) individual

swindler
a cheat

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

cannot
must not
should not

to fit; to match; to suit
(coll.) to have; to possess
Taiwan pr. chèng

to weigh
to state
to name
name
appellation
to praise

old variant of 秤 chèng

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

as (in the capacity of)
to take sth as
to act as
to serve as
to behave as
to become
to be
to do
by (in the passive voice)

because of
for
to

bad person
villain