1.道可道,非常道;
The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way;
那个可以被说出来的道,就不是永恒不变的道
that引导的定语,tell,说,过去式told, be told of 被告知,被说。
Unvarying 永远不变的 never changing
2.名可名,非常名。
The names that can be named are not unvary ing names.
那些可以被命名的名字,就不是永恒不变的名字。
that引导的定语,be named 被命名。
3.无名天地之始;
It was from the Nameless that Heaven and Earth sprang;
it was …that… 强调句,正是… 介词from提前
spring 春天,动词 突然出现,跳跃
nameless 形容词 此是专有名词无名
spring from 起源于,发源,来自。
天和地正是起源于无名;
4.有名万物之母。
The named is but the mother that rears the ten thousand creatures,each after its kind.
但是,有名是从小养育万物的母亲。
rear v. 扶养,养育,培养
creature n.生物(人和动物)
that 引导定语,修饰mother