Learn Chinese phrases, sentence — How to say “That old woman is self centered and likes to take advantage of others” in Chinese: 那位老女人以自我为中心，喜欢占别人便宜。Na4 ge5 lao3 nu3 ren2 yi3 zhi4 wo3 wei2 zhong1 xin1, xi3 huan1 zhan4 bie2 ren2 pian2 yi2. Na4 (那 pronoun, that) ge5 (个 a general measure word for a lot of things, here is or person) lao3 (老adjective, old) nu3 ( 女 adjective, female) ren2 (人 noun, person) yi3 (以verb, classic word means use, the common modern word for use is 用 yong) zhi4 wo3 (自 zhi4 means zhi4 ji3, noun, self; 我 wo3 means I, also refers to self) wei2 (为 preposition, as) zhong1 xin1 (中心 noun, center), xi3 huan1 (喜欢 verb, like) zhan4 (占 verb, take) bie2 ren2 (别人 noun phrase, here used as indirect object – other people) pian2 yi2 (便宜 direct object of verb zhan4 , originally means cheap, here zhan4 pian2 yi2 means take advantage of).
Let’s learn about the direct object (直接受词 zhi2 jie1 shou4 ci) and indirect object (间接受词 jian4 jie1 shou4 ci).
Jill built her son a sandcastle.
Jill subject, built verb, what Jill built? a sandcastle. Sandcastle is the direct object that directly receive the action of the subject.
Who got the sandcastle? Her son. Thus, her son is the indirect object.
People should be nice to each other. See these two cats （mao1 猫）:) Be gentle is better than be mean:)
Liang3 zhi1 shuo1 hua4 de5 mao1 两只说话的猫