从远处看,岩石像一张人的脸。

Seen at a distance, the rock looks like a human face.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 cóng variant of cóng
=1 Cóng surname Cong
=1 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
2 远处 yuǎnchù distant place
=3 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=3 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=4 岩石 yánshí (geology) rock
=4 岩石 yánshí
  1. alternative form of 岩石 (yánshí, “rock”)
  2. big and tall piece of rock
5 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
6
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=7 Zhāng surname Zhang
=7 zhāng
  1. to open up
  2. to spread
  3. sheet of paper
  4. classifier for flat objects, sheet
  5. classifier for votes
8 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 liǎn face

classifiers: ,