了解一个国家最好的方法是亲自去看一看。

The best way to know what a country is like is to go and see it with your own eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 了解 liǎojiě
  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out
=1 了解 liǎojiě
  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out
=2 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=2 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
3 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier:

4 最好 zuìhǎo
  1. best
  2. had better ...; it would be best to ...
=5 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 方法 fāng method; way; technique; procedure

classifier:

=7 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)
=7 shì variant of shì
8 亲自 qīn
  1. personally
  2. in person
  3. oneself
9
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
10 看一看 kànkàn to have a look