眼睛為甚麼長在前面？

Why do we have eyes in front?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 眼睛 yǎnjing eye

classifiers: 隻, 雙
=2 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=2 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=3 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=3 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=4 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=4 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=4 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=4 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
=5 長 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=5 長 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=5 長 zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length
6 在前 zàiqián
  1. ahead
  2. formerly
  3. in the past
=7 面 miàn
  1. face
  2. side
  3. surface
  4. aspect
  5. top
  6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
=7 面 miàn variant of 面 miàn
=7 面 miàn
  1. flour
  2. noodles
  3. (of food) soft (not crunchy)
  4. (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
  5. spineless