公園和城市的關係,就好比肺和動物的關係一樣。

Parks are to the city what lungs are to the animal.

Parks are for the city what lungs are for animals.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 公園 gōngyuán park (for public recreation)

classifier:

=2 old variant of
=2 surname He
=2
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=2
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=2 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=2 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=2 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=2 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=2 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
3 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier:

=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 關係 guānxi
  1. relation
  2. relationship
  3. to concern
  4. to affect
  5. to have to do with
  6. guanxi

classifier:

=5 關係 guān
  1. (countable, databases) relation
  2. (countable, uncountable) cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: m)
  3. (countable, uncountable) influence; effect; impact (Classifier: m)
  4. (countable, uncountable) relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: ; )
  5. (uncountable) connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  6. (uncountable, euphemistic) sexual relations
  7. cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: m)
  8. connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  9. influence; effect; impact (Classifier: m)
  10. relation
  11. relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: ; )
  12. sexual relations
  13. to involve; to relate (to); to concern
6 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
7 好比 hǎo to be just like; can be compared to
8 fèi lung

classifier:

=9 old variant of
=9 surname He
=9
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=9
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=9 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=9 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=9 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=9 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=9 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
10 動物 dòng animal

classifiers: , ,

=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=12 關係 guānxi
  1. relation
  2. relationship
  3. to concern
  4. to affect
  5. to have to do with
  6. guanxi

classifier:

=12 關係 guān
  1. (countable, databases) relation
  2. (countable, uncountable) cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: m)
  3. (countable, uncountable) influence; effect; impact (Classifier: m)
  4. (countable, uncountable) relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: ; )
  5. (uncountable) connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  6. (uncountable, euphemistic) sexual relations
  7. cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: m)
  8. connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  9. influence; effect; impact (Classifier: m)
  10. relation
  11. relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: ; )
  12. sexual relations
  13. to involve; to relate (to); to concern
13 一樣 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like