Sentence Composition
| 1 | 絲綢之路 | Sīchóuzhī Lù | the Silk Road |
| 2 | 形成 | xíngchéng | to form; to take shape |
| =3 | 的 | de |
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| =3 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =3 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =3 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 4 | 初衷 | chūzhōng | original intention |
| 5 | 並非 | bìngfēi | really isn't |
| =6 | 是 | shì |
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| =6 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 7 | 貿易 | màoyì |
(commercial) trade classifier: 個 |