蜜蜂以花蜜为食。

Bees feed on nectar.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 蜜蜂 mìfēng
  1. bee
  2. honeybee

classifiers: 隻, 群
=2 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=2 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=2 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=2 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
3 花蜜 huāmì nectar
=4 为 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 为 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=4 为 wéi variant of 为 wéi
=4 为 wèi variant of 为 wèi
=5 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
=5 食 sì to feed (a person or animal)