兩位學者為一句意思含糊的藏文句子爭論了一番。

The two scholars wrangled over the meaning of an obscure Tibetan phrase.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=1 liàng Original form of (liàng).
2 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential
3 學者 xuézhě scholar
=4 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=4 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
5 一句
  1. a line of verse
  2. a sentence
6 意思 si
  1. idea
  2. opinion
  3. meaning
  4. wish
  5. desire
  6. interest
  7. fun
  8. token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. to give as a small token
  10. to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

classifier:

7 含糊 hánhu
  1. ambiguous
  2. vague
  3. careless
  4. perfunctory
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 藏文 Zàngwén
  1. Tibetan script
  2. Tibetan written language
  3. Tibetan language
10 句子 zi sentence

classifier:

11 爭論 zhēnglùn
  1. to argue
  2. to debate
  3. to contend
  4. argument
  5. contention
  6. controversy
  7. debate

classifiers: ,

=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào
13 一番 fān
  1. a type of; a kind of
  2. one time; once