别人建议我坐飞机而不是坐船去,于是我选择了坐飞机。

I was told to go not by boat but by plane, which advice I followed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 别人 biéren other people; others; other person
=1 别人 biérén others; other people
2 建议 jiàn
  1. to propose; to suggest; to recommend
  2. proposal; suggestion; recommendation

classifiers: ,

3
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=4 Zuò surname Zuo
=4 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
5 飞机 fēi airplane

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6 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
=7 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=7 不是 shi fault; blame
8 坐船 zuòchuán to take a ship; to go by boat
9
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
10 于是 shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
11
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
12 选择 xuǎn
  1. to select; to pick
  2. choice; option; alternative
=13 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=13 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=13 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=13 liào unofficial variant of liào
=14 Zuò surname Zuo
=14 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
15 飞机 fēi airplane

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