It is not so easy as you think – 这事没有你想象的那么简单
Chinese Sentence: 这事没有你想象的那么简单。
English Translation: It is not so easy as you think
| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Tones | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 这事 | 這事 | zhe4 shi4 | zhè shì | This matter |
| 没 | 沒 | mei2 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not |
| 有 | 有 | you3 | yǒu | to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be |
| 你 | 你 | ni3 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to polite 您 |
| 想象 | 想象 | xiang3 xiang4 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine / to fancy / CL:個|个 |
| 的 | 的 | de5 | de | of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 那么 | 那麼 | na4 me5 | nà me | like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case |
| 简单 | 簡單 | jian3 dan1 | jiǎn dān | simple / not complicated |