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 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 遠遠 yuǎnyuǎn
  1. distant
  2. by far
5 看去 kàn to look
6 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
  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 piàn
  1. wide expanse
  2. large area
  3. vast stretch
  4. extending widely
  5. blockbuster movie
9 絲綢 chóu silk (cloth)
=10
  1. to spread
  2. to display
  3. to set up
  4. (old) holder for door-knocker
=10
  1. plank bed
  2. place to sleep
  3. shop
  4. store
  5. (old) relay station
11 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, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format