修女從黑色裙子的褶皺間掏出剪刀,熟練地將彩色紙剪成長而窄的紙條,讓我們可以把這些紙條編成紙地毯。

From between the pleats of her black skirt, the nun brought out scissors and deftly cut coloured paper into long, narrow strips, which we could then braid into a paper rug.

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Sentence Composition

1 修女 xiū nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
=2 Cóng surname Cong
=2 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
3 黑色 hēi black
4 裙子 qúnzi skirt

classifier:

=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 褶皺 zhězhòu
  1. fold; crease; wrinkle
  2. (geology) fold
=7 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=7 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=7 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete) Used in place names.
  2. (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
  3. Used in place names.
  4. Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
8 掏出 tāochū
  1. to fish out
  2. to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
9 剪刀 jiǎndāo scissors

classifier:

10 熟練 shúliàn
  1. practiced
  2. proficient
  3. skilled
  4. skillful
=11 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=11
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

=12 jiāng
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to use
  4. to take
  5. to checkmate
  6. just a short while ago
  7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
=12 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
=12 qiāng
  1. to desire
  2. to invite
  3. to request
13 彩色 cǎi
  1. color
  2. multicolored
14 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: ,

15 剪成 jiǎnchéng cut into
=16 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=16 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=16 zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length
17 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
18 zhǎi
  1. narrow
  2. narrow-minded
  3. badly off
=19 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
20 紙條 zhǐtiáo slip of paper
21 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
22 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
23 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
=24
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=24 handle
=24
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
25 這些 zhèxiē these
26 紙條 zhǐtiáo slip of paper
27 編成 biānchéng
  1. to organize
  2. to put together
  3. to edit
28 zhǐ classifier for documents, letters etc

classifiers: ,

29 地毯 tǎn
  1. carpet
  2. rug