根据2016年发表的一项研究,德国是世界上最好的国家,加拿大是第二好的国家。

According to a study published in 2016, Germany is the best country in the world and Canada is the second best country.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 根据 gēn
  1. according to
  2. based on
  3. basis
  4. foundation

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=2 Nián surname Nian
=2 nián year

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=2 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
3 发表 biǎo
  1. to issue
  2. to publish
=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5
  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
=6 Xiàng surname Xiang
=6 xiàng
  1. back of neck
  2. item
  3. thing
  4. term (in a mathematical formula)
  5. sum (of money)
  6. classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
7 研究 yánjiū
  1. research
  2. a study
  3. to research
  4. to look into

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8 德国 guó Germany
=9 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)
=9 shì variant of shì
10 世界 shìjiè world

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=11 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=11 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
12 最好 zuìhǎo
  1. best
  2. had better ...; it would be best to ...
=13 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
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

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15 加拿大 Jiā Canada
=16 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)
=16 shì variant of shì
=17 第二 èr
  1. second
  2. number two
  3. next
  4. secondary
=17 第二 dì'èr
  1. next
  2. second
  3. second; 2nd; number two
  4. secondly
18 好的 hǎode okay; all right; no worries
19 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

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