在中国,提到过年,许多人想到的都是一家围在一起包饺子。

If you mention New Year in China, the image that many people will think of is a family gathered around wrapping dumplings together.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 中国 Zhōngguó China
3 提到 dào
  1. to mention
  2. to raise (a subject)
  3. to refer to
=4 过年 guònián to celebrate the Chinese New Year
=4 过年 guoniàn
  1. (colloquial) next year
  2. next year
5 许多 duō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
6 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

7 想到 xiǎngdào
  1. to think of
  2. to call to mind
  3. to anticipate
=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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 surname Du
=9 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=9
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=10 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)
=10 shì variant of shì
11 一家 jiā
  1. the whole family
  2. the same family
  3. the family ... (when preceded by a family name)
  4. group
=12 Wéi surname Wei
=12 wéi
  1. to encircle
  2. to surround
  3. all around
  4. to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
13 在一起 zài together
14 包饺子 bāojiǎozi to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)