日本人以米饭和鱼为生存之食。

The Japanese live on rice and fish.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 日本人 Rìběnrén Japanese person or people
=1 日本人 rìběnrén Japanese person
=2 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=2 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=2 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=2 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
3 米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
=4 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=4 和 Hé surname He
=4 和 hé
  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
=4 和 hè
  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
=4 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=4 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=4 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=4 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=4 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
=5 鱼 Yú surname Yu
=5 鱼 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾
6 为生 wéishēng to make a living
7 存 cún
  1. to exist
  2. to deposit
  3. to store
  4. to keep
  5. to survive
8 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=9 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
=9 食 sì to feed (a person or animal)