我必须早两个小时起床,就为了花费一整天的时间在办公室参加本可以线上参与的30-45分钟的会议。

I have to get up two hours earlier just to spend the whole day in the office for a 30-to-45-minute meeting I could have had by webcam.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 必须
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
3 zǎo
  1. early
  2. morning
  3. Good morning!
  4. long ago
  5. prematurely
4 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)
=5 used in 自个儿 r
=5
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=5 variant of
6 小时 xiǎoshí hour

classifier:

7 起床 chuáng to get out of bed; to get up
8 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 ...
9 为了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
=10 花费 huāfèi
  1. expense
  2. cost
  3. to spend (time or money)
  4. expenditure
=10 花费 huāfei expense; cost; expenditure
11
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
12 整天 zhěngtiān
  1. all day long
  2. whole day
=13 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 跑堂儿的 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
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
15 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
16 办公室 bàngōngshì office; business premises
17 参加 cānjiā
  1. to participate
  2. to take part
  3. to join
18 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
19 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
20 线上 xiànshàng online
21 参与 cān to participate (in sth)
=22 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 跑堂儿的 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
=22 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=22 really and truly
=22 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
23 分钟 fēnzhōng minute
=24 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 跑堂儿的 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
=24 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=24 really and truly
=24 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
25 会议 huì
  1. meeting
  2. conference

classifiers: ,