我們如同坐在火山口上。

We sat, as it were, on a volcano.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 如同 rútóng
  1. like
  2. as
=3 坐 Zuò surname Zuo
=3 坐 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of 座 zuò
4 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 火山口 huǒshānkǒu volcanic crater
=6 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=6 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above