日本是由四個大島和三千多個小島組成的,面積和加州差不多。

Japan consists of four major islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 日本 běn Japan
=2 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)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 yóu
  1. to follow
  2. from
  3. because of; due to
  4. by; via; through
  5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
4
  1. four
  2. 4
=5 used in 自个儿 r
=5
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=6
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=6 dài see 大夫 dàifu
7 dǎo island

classifiers: ,

=8 old variant of
=8 surname He
=8
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=8
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=8 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=8 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=8 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=8 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=8 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
=9 Sān surname San
=9 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
=10 qiān thousand
=10 qiān used in 秋千 qiūqiān
11 多個 duōge
  1. many
  2. multiple
  3. multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
=12 小島 Xiǎodǎo Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
=12 小島 xiǎodǎo isle
13 組成 chéng
  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute
=14 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 跑堂儿的 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
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 面積 miàn
  1. area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
  2. surface area
  3. tract of land
=16 old variant of
=16 surname He
=16
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=16
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=16 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=16 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=16 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=16 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=16 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
17 加州 Jiāzhōu California
18 差不多 chàbuduō
  1. almost
  2. nearly
  3. more or less
  4. about the same
  5. good enough
  6. not bad