电视的优点在于它给体育爱好者提供了更大的方便。

Television has the advantage of providing sports fans with greater convenience.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 电视 diànshì television; TV

classifiers: ,

=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 优点 yōudiǎn
  1. merit
  2. benefit
  3. strong point
  4. advantage

classifiers: ,

4 在于 zài
  1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
  2. (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
=5 it
=5 it (pronoun for an animal)
=5 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=5 only used in 它它
=6 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=6
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
7 体育
  1. sports
  2. physical education
8 爱好者 àihàozhě lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
9 提供 gōng
  1. to offer
  2. to supply
  3. to provide
  4. to furnish
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 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)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào
=11 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=11 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
=12
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=12 dài see 大夫 dàifu
=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 方便 fāngbiàn
  1. convenient; suitable
  2. to facilitate; to make things easy
  3. having money to spare
  4. (euphemism) to relieve oneself