做一个黑人好过做一个同志。如果你生下来就是黑人,至少你不用烦恼怎么向你的母亲说这件事。

To be black is better than to be gay. If you were born black, at least you don't have to think about how to tell your mother about this.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=2 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=2 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
3 黑人 hēirén
  1. black person
  2. an illegal
4 好过 hǎoguò
  1. to have an easy time
  2. (feel) well
5 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
=6 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=6 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
7 同志 tóngzhì
  1. comrade
  2. (slang) homosexual

classifiers: ,

8 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
=9 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=9 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
10 生下 shēngxià to give birth to
11 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
12 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with ) even; even if
13 黑人 hēirén
  1. black person
  2. an illegal
14 至少 zhìshǎo
  1. at least
  2. (to say the) least
=15 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=15 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
16 不用 yòng need not
17 烦恼 fánnǎo
  1. to be worried
  2. to be distressed
  3. worries
=18 怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=18 怎么 zěnme variant of 怎么 zěnme
=19 Xiàng surname Xiang
=19 xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
=19 xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of xiàng
=19 xiàng
  1. variant of xiàng
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly
=20 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=20 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=21 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 跑堂儿的 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
=21 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=21 really and truly
=21 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
22 母亲 qīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. qin

classifier:

=23 shuì to persuade
=23 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=23 shuō variant of shuō
=24 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=24 zhèi (coll.) this
25 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
=26 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=26
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)