汤姆把手伸向了书架上最高的一本词典。

Tom reached for a dictionary that was on the very top of the shelf.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāng Tom (name)
=2 把手 shǒu to shake hands
=2 把手 shou
  1. handle
  2. grip
  3. knob
3 shēn
  1. to stretch
  2. to extend
=4 Xiàng surname Xiang
=4 xiàng
  1. towards
  2. to face
  3. to turn towards
  4. direction
  5. to support
  6. to side with
  7. shortly before
  8. formerly
  9. always
  10. all along
  11. (suffix) suitable for ...
  12. oriented to ...
=4 xiàng
  1. to tend toward
  2. to guide
  3. variant of xiàng
=4 xiàng
  1. variant of xiàng
  2. direction
  3. orientation
  4. to face
  5. to turn toward
  6. to
  7. towards
  8. shortly before
  9. formerly
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
6 书架 shūjià bookshelf

classifier:

=7 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=7 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
8 最高 zuìgāo
  1. tallest
  2. highest
  3. supreme (court etc)
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 一本 běn
  1. (Mainland China, education) the first tier of universities
  2. (judo) ippon
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , (běn).
  4. another version (terminology in collation)
  5. entirely based on
  6. having the same origin
  7. ippon
  8. the first tier of universities
11 词典 diǎn
  1. dictionary
  2. also written 辭典 diǎn

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