杏樹對雪說:「要么你把一切都變成白色,要么你把我們也變成白色。」

The almond tree says to the snow: "Either you make it all white, or you make us white".

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 杏樹 xìngshù apricot tree
2 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
=3 Xuě surname Xue
=3 xuě
  1. snow
  2. (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

classifier:

=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
5 要么 yàome
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
=6 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=6 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=7
  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})
=7 handle
=7
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
8 一切 qiè
  1. everything
  2. every
  3. all
=9 surname Du
=9 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=9
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
10 變成 biànchéng
  1. to change into
  2. to turn into
  3. to become
11 白色 bái
  1. white
  2. fig. reactionary
  3. anti-communist
12 要么 yàome
  1. or
  2. either one or the other
=13 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=13 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=14
  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})
=14 handle
=14
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
15 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
=16 surname Ye
=16
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
17 變成 biànchéng
  1. to change into
  2. to turn into
  3. to become
18 白色 bái
  1. white
  2. fig. reactionary
  3. anti-communist