光傳播得比聲音快,所以我們先看到閃電,然後才會聽見雷聲。

It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.

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Sentence Composition

=1 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier:

=1 guàng
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to color
  2. to color
2 傳播 chuán to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
=3
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=3 used in 得瑟 se
=3 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=3 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
=4
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 shí
=4 euphemistic variant of
=4
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
5 聲音 shēngyīn
  1. voice
  2. sound

classifier:

6 kuài
  1. rapid
  2. quick
  3. speed
  4. rate
  5. soon
  6. almost
  7. to make haste
  8. clever
  9. sharp (of knives or wits)
  10. forthright
  11. plainspoken
  12. gratified
  13. pleased
  14. pleasant
7 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
8 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
=9 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=9 xiǎn only used in 先馬先马
10 看到 kàndào to see
11 閃電 shǎndiàn lightning

classifier:

12 然後 ránhòu then; after that; afterwards
=13 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=13 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=14 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=14 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=14 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
15 聽見 tīngjiàn to hear
16 雷聲 léishēng thunder