世界上有數之不盡的人渴望自己能長生不老,但這些人卻連一個下雨的星期天下午也不懂得該怎麼打發。

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

=2 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=2 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
3 有數 yǒushù
  1. to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score
  2. not many; only a few
4 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 不盡 jìn
  1. not completely
  2. endlessly
=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 跑堂兒的 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 渴望 wàng
  1. to thirst for
  2. to long for
9 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=10 Néng surname Neng
=10 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=10 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=10 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=10 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=10 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=10 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=10 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
11 長生不老 chángshēnglǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old
12 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
13 這些 zhèxiē these
14 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

15 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
=16 Lián surname Lian
=16 lián
  1. to link
  2. to join
  3. to connect
  4. continuously
  5. in succession
  6. including
  7. (used with , dōu etc) even
  8. company (military)
=17 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=17 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
18 下雨 xià to rain
=19 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 跑堂兒的 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=20 星期天 Xīngtiān Sunday
=20 星期天 xīngtiān Sunday
21 下午 xià
  1. afternoon
  2. p.m.

classifier:

22 也不
  1. neither
  2. nor
23 懂得 dǒngde to understand; to know; to comprehend
24 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
25 怎麼 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
26 打發 fa
  1. to dispatch sb to do sth
  2. to make sb leave
  3. to pass (the time)
  4. (old) to make arrangements
  5. (old) to bestow (alms etc)