海水藍藍的，遠遠看去像一大片絲綢鋪開。

The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 海水 hǎishuǐ seawater
2 藍藍 lánlán blue
=3 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 遠遠 yuǎnyuǎn
  1. distant
  2. by far
5 看去 kànqù to look
6 像 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
7 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
8 大片 dàpiàn
  1. wide expanse
  2. large area
  3. vast stretch
  4. extending widely
  5. blockbuster movie
9 絲綢 sīchóu silk (cloth)
=10 鋪 pū
  1. to spread
  2. to display
  3. to set up
  4. (old) holder for door-knocker
=10 鋪 pù
  1. plank bed
  2. place to sleep
  3. shop
  4. store
  5. (old) relay station
11 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format