长颈鹿的心脏几乎比人的心脏重三十倍。

A giraffe's heart is nearly thirty times heavier than a human's.

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Sentence Composition

1 长颈鹿 chángjǐng giraffe

classifier:

=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 心脏 xīnzàng heart

classifiers: ,

4 几乎 almost; nearly; practically
=5
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 shí
=5 euphemistic variant of
=5
  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)
=5
  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”)
=5
  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
=5
  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”)
6 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 心脏 xīnzàng heart

classifiers: ,

=9 chóng
  1. to repeat
  2. repetition
  3. again
  4. re-
  5. classifier: layer
=9 zhòng
  1. heavy
  2. serious
  3. to attach importance to
10 三十 sānshí
  1. thirty
  2. 30
=11 bèi
  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply
=11 péi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (péi).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (péi)
  3. Original form of (péi).
  4. alternative form of / (péi)