因为现在上海家家都是独生子女,家长对小孩的读书非常重视。

Because families in Shanghai today have only one son or daughter, the head of the family places a strong emphasis on their child's studying.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
2 现在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
3 上海 Shànghǎi Shanghai municipality (abbr. to )
4 家家 jiājiā
  1. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Chengdu Sichuanese, Chongqing Sichuanese, Renshou, Wuhan Mandarin, Yichang, Suizhou, Yongshan) maternal grandmother
  2. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Hanyuan, Tongzi) maternal grandfather
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) Used after a noun to specify a type of person.
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, including Yanhe, Nanchuan, Hong'an) maternal grandparents
  5. Used after a noun to specify a type of person.
  6. every family
  7. maternal grandfather
  8. maternal grandmother
  9. maternal grandparents
=5 surname Du
=5 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=5
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=6 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)
=6 shì variant of shì
7 独生子女 shēng an only child
8 家长 jiāzhǎng
  1. head of a household
  2. family head
  3. patriarch
  4. parent or guardian of a child
9 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
10 小孩 xiǎohái child

classifier:

=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 读书 shū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school
13 非常 fēicháng
  1. very; really
  2. unusual; extraordinary
14 重视 zhòngshì to attach importance to sth; to value