To understand the meaning of a sentence, we must consider the speaker's intention and the context of the utterance.
衡量森林价值的真正标准不是木材的板英尺数,而是几个世纪的生态平衡。
最好的表演来自于真实和诚实的地方。
The heart is a compass that doesn’t always point north.
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.