我們常常把死亡比作睡眠。

Death is often compared to sleep.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 常常 chángcháng frequently; often
=3 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=3 把 bà handle
=3 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
4 死亡 sǐwáng
  1. to die
  2. death
5 比作 bǐzuò
  1. to liken to
  2. to compare to
6 睡眠 shuìmián
  1. sleep
  2. to sleep
  3. (computing) to enter sleep mode