我喜歡把東西拆開,看看裏面的結構。

I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 喜歡 huan to like; to be fond of
=3
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=3 handle
=3
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=4 東西 dōng east and west
=4 東西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

5 拆開 chāikāi
  1. to dismantle
  2. to disassemble
  3. to open up (sth sealed)
  4. to unpick
=6 看看 kànkan
  1. to take a look at
  2. to examine
  3. to survey
  4. (coll.) pretty soon
=6 看看 kànkàn
  1. (colloquial) pretty soon
  2. (literary) gradually
  3. gradually
  4. placed after a verb or a verb phrase to indicate a trial, interchangeable with 看一下.
  5. pretty soon
  6. to examine and survey; to see
  7. to glance at; to take a quick look at; to have a look-see; to thumb through (a book, etc.)
  8. to see the sights
  9. to visit; to call on
7 裏面 miàn variant of 裡面 miàn
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 結構 jiégòu
  1. structure
  2. composition
  3. makeup
  4. architecture

classifiers: ,