燔柴祭天是一種古老的儀式。

The Heavenly Timber Immolation is a kind of ancient ritual.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 燔柴 fánchái
  1. (historical) roasted offerings (for sacrifice to Heaven)
  2. roasted offerings (for sacrifice to Heaven)
2 祭天 jìtiān
  1. (archaic, historical) to offer sacrifices to heaven
  2. to offer sacrifices to heaven
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 一種 yīzhǒng one kind of; one type of
5 古老 gǔlǎo
  1. ancient
  2. old
  3. age-old
=6 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 儀式 yíshì ceremony