你可以在地上挖土。

You can dig dirt from the ground.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
3 在地 zàidì (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. tsāi-tē)
=4 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=4 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
5 挖土 wātǔ to dig up earth; to excavate