中国では美は健康と切り離して考えられることはなかった。

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English Translation

Beauty in China was associated with wealth.

Furigana

中国(ちゅうごく)では美(び)は健康(けんこう)と切(き)り離(はな)して考(かんが)えられることはなかった。

Romanji

Chūgoku de wa bi wa kenkō to kirihanashite kangaerareru koto wa nakatta.

Words

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

美 (び)

beauty

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

切り離す (きりはなす)

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...