有了這個裝置,把海水淨化成淡水就不是難事了。

This device made it possible to turn sea-water into fresh water easily.

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Sentence Composition

1 有了 yǒule
  1. I've got a solution!
  2. to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎 yǒuletāi)
2 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
3 裝置 zhuāngzhì
  1. to install
  2. installation
  3. equipment
  4. system
  5. unit
  6. device
=4
  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: + {noun} + {verb})
=4 handle
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
5 海水 hǎishuǐ seawater
6 淨化 jìnghuà to purify
=7 Chéng
  1. surname Cheng
  2. short name for Chengdu 成都 Chéng
=7 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
=8 淡水 Dànshuǐ Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市 Xīnběishì, Taiwan
=8 淡水 dànshuǐ
  1. potable water (water with low salt content)
  2. fresh water
9 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=10 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=10 不是 shi fault; blame
11 難事 nánshì difficult matter; difficulty
=12 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=12 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)
=12 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=12 liào unofficial variant of liào