我真想看看古代的世界是怎樣的。

I wish I could see the ancient world.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 zhēn
  1. really
  2. truly
  3. indeed
  4. real
  5. true
  6. genuine
3 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
=4 看看 kànkan
  1. to take a look at
  2. to examine
  3. to survey
  4. (coll.) pretty soon
=4 看看 kànkàn
  1. (colloquial) pretty soon
  2. (literary) gradually
  3. gradually
  4. placed after a verb or a verb phrase to indicate a trial, interchangeable with 看一下.
  5. pretty soon
  6. to examine and survey; to see
  7. to glance at; to take a quick look at; to have a look-see; to thumb through (a book, etc.)
  8. to see the sights
  9. to visit; to call on
5 古代 dài ancient times
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

=8 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=8 shì variant of shì
9 怎樣 zěnyàng
  1. how
  2. what kind
=10 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target