师傅，方向反了，我要去东边，你怎么往西边开？

Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?

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Sentence Composition

1 师傅 shīfu
  1. master
  2. qualified worker
  3. respectful form of address for older men

classifiers: 個, 位, 名
2 方向 fāngxiàng direction; orientation

classifier: 個
=3 反 fǎn
  1. contrary
  2. in reverse
  3. inside out or upside down
  4. to reverse
  5. to return
  6. to oppose
  7. opposite
  8. against
  9. anti-
  10. to rebel
  11. to use analogy
  12. instead
  13. abbr. for 反切 fǎnqiè phonetic system
=3 反 fàn
  1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
  2. Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
  3. alternative form of 販 /贩 (fàn)
  4. used in 反反
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=6 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=6 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
7 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=8 东边 dōngbian
  1. east
  2. east side
  3. eastern part
  4. to the east of
=8 东边 dōngbiān east; in the east
=9 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=9 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.)
=10 怎么 zěnme
  1. how?
  2. what?
  3. why?
=10 怎么 zěnme variant of 怎麼 zěnme
=11 往 wǎng
  1. to go (in a direction)
  2. to
  3. towards
  4. (of a train) bound for
  5. past
  6. previous
=11 往 wǎng old variant of 往 wǎng
12 西边 xībiān
  1. west
  2. west side
  3. western part
  4. to the west of
=13 开 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
=13 开 jiān
  1. (obsolete) even, level
  2. a surname
  3. even, level