<p>consider: 沒有比兒女長大成家，更讓父母安心。</p>

<p>have fun :)</p>

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2016-05-07T07:36:09.767Z
Aww some of the things are lost here from the intended idea. But I think I know where the fault point is. Thanks for the help!
karmstr7
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2016-05-07T07:46:12.067Z
the chinese language is "fuzzy", it you list everything in details, the sentence would be awkward; that's why my suggestion missed some of your intended idea.
水巷孑蠻
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2016-05-10T16:01:15.583Z
@ 水巷孑蠻,  I don't think  this is sentence is correct.
sfy
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2016-05-10T16:28:19.590Z
it's not a sentence :)

水巷 is, well, you need to decipher; hints: it's the second character of a city.

蠻, is barbarian of the south :)

孑, ok, this character, let me ask you now, what do you perceive?
水巷孑蠻
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2016-05-07T07:26:14.747Z
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水巷孑蠻
<p>The Chinese like to use phrases, and in fact, many sentences in Chinese are formed by a sequence of phrases to give you the meaning without considering much about the stuff like "is, are, have, has" in English.</p>

<p>Thus, <strong>the proper use of phrases are very important</strong>.</p>

<p>In your sentence, there is no a conventional saying "长大成家", which make the whole sentence sound strange.</p>

<p>In the original English sentence, there are two phrases:"grow up and form families", and I would recommend translating them separately to "长大成人和成家立业".</p>

<p>Hope it helps you :)</p>

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fylimas
<p>Reading the sentence below out loud felt extremely awkward, however I can't figure which part is improperly constructed to begin fixing the sentence.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>相比看到子女长大成家，没有其他可以更让他们感觉放心的了。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I want to express the following idea (in English):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>To [Chinese parents], there's no any other thing that's more settling than to see their children grow up and form families.</p>
</blockquote>

<grammar><sentence-structure><writing-critique>
Help me rephrase: 相比看到子女长大成家，没有其他可以更让他们感觉放心的了
# Help me rephrase: 相比看到子女长大成家，没有其他可以更让他们感觉放心的了

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-07)

Reading the sentence below out loud felt extremely awkward, however I can't figure which part is improperly constructed to begin fixing the sentence.

> 相比看到子女长大成家，没有其他可以更让他们感觉放心的了。

I want to express the following idea (in English):

> To [Chinese parents], there's no any other thing that's more settling than to see their children grow up and form families.

**Tags:** grammar, sentence-structure, writing-critique

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-07. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

consider: 沒有比兒女長大成家，更讓父母安心。

have fun :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Aww some of the things are lost here from the intended idea. But I think I know where the fault point is. Thanks for the help!  
> **username_1**: the chinese language is "fuzzy", it you list everything in details, the sentence would be awkward; that's why my suggestion missed some of your intended idea.  
> **username_2**: @ 水巷孑蠻,  I don't think  this is sentence is correct.  
> **username_1**: it's not a sentence :)  水巷 is, well, you need to decipher; hints: it's the second character of a city.  蠻, is barbarian of the south :)  孑, ok, this character, let me ask you now, what do you perceive?  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-05-10. Score: 0

The Chinese like to use phrases, and in fact, many sentences in Chinese are formed by a sequence of phrases to give you the meaning without considering much about the stuff like "is, are, have, has" in English.

Thus, **the proper use of phrases are very important**.

In your sentence, there is no a conventional saying "长大成家", which make the whole sentence sound strange.

In the original English sentence, there are two phrases:"grow up and form families", and I would recommend translating them separately to "长大成人和成家立业".

Hope it helps you :)


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