人类是在没吃掉对方前能够与对方和睦相处的唯一动物。

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 人类 rénlèi
  1. humanity
  2. human race
  3. mankind
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=4 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=4
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
5 吃掉 chīdiào
  1. to eat up
  2. to consume
6 对方 duìfāng the other person; the other side; the other party
7 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 293)
  10. former
  11. formerly
8 能够 nénggòu
  1. to be capable of
  2. to be able to
  3. can
=9 variant of
=9
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=9 to take part in
10 对方 duìfāng the other person; the other side; the other party
11 和睦相处 xiāngchǔ
  1. to live in harmony
  2. to get along with each other
=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 唯一 wéi only; sole
14 动物 dòng animal

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