你憑什麼認為中東比安地斯山脈更重要？

What makes you think the Middle East is more important than the Andes?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 憑什麼 píngshénme
  1. (spoken) why?
  2. for which reason?
3 認為 rènwéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
4 中東 Zhōngdōng Middle East
5 比安 Bǐān Bienne, Switzerland
=6 地 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=6 地 dì
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier: 片
=7 斯 Sī
  1. Slovakia
  2. Slovak
  3. abbr. for 斯洛伐克 Sīluòfákè
=7 斯 sī
  1. (phonetic)
  2. this
8 山脈 shānmài mountain range

classifier: 條
=9 更 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=9 更 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
10 重要 zhòngyào important; significant; major