我们必须阐明这个观点,在运动项目上,业余选手和专业选手的界限开始消失了。

The point we must clarify here is that the lines between amateur and professional in sport are beginning to disappear.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 必须
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
3 阐明 chǎnmíng
  1. to elucidate
  2. to explain clearly
  3. to expound
4 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
5 观点 guāndiǎn
  1. point of view
  2. viewpoint
  3. standpoint

classifier:

6 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)
7 运动 yùndòng
  1. to move
  2. to exercise
  3. sports
  4. exercise
  5. motion
  6. movement
  7. campaign

classifier:

8 项目 xiàng
  1. item
  2. project
  3. (sports) event

classifier:

=9 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=9 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
10 业余
  1. in one's spare time
  2. outside working hours
  3. amateur (historian etc)
11 选手 xuǎnshǒu
  1. athlete
  2. contestant
=12 old variant of
=12 surname He
=12
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=12
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=12 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=12 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=12 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=12 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=12 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
13 专业 zhuān
  1. specialty
  2. specialized field
  3. main field of study (at university)
  4. major
  5. professional

classifiers: ,

14 选手 xuǎnshǒu
  1. athlete
  2. contestant
=15 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 界限 jièxiàn boundary
17 开始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier:

18 消失 xiāoshī to disappear; to fade away
=19 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=19 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=19 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=19 liào unofficial variant of liào