比起歌舞伎,我更喜欢能乐表演,因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。

I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 比起 compared with
2 歌舞伎 kabuki
3
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=4 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=4 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
5 喜欢 huan to like; to be fond of
6 能乐 néngyuè Noh; Nogaku (classical Japanese dance theatre)
7 表演 biǎoyǎn
  1. play
  2. show
  3. performance
  4. exhibition
  5. to perform
  6. to act
  7. to demonstrate

classifier:

8 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
9
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
10 觉得 juéde
  1. to think that ...; to feel that ...
  2. to feel (uncomfortable etc)
11 后者 hòuzhě the latter
=12
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利时 shí
=12 euphemistic variant of
=12
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
13 前者 qiánzhě the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
14 优雅 yōu
  1. grace
  2. graceful