我坐在火車上總還是比掉到火車底下要好。

It's better for me to sit on the train than to be crushed.

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Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 Zuò surname Zuo
=2 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
3 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)
4 火車 huǒchē train

classifiers: , , ,

=5 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=5 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
6 zǒng
  1. (bound form) general; overall
  2. to sum up
  3. in every case; always; invariably
  4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
  5. surely
  6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理 zǒngjīng or 總編 zǒngbiān etc
=7 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=7 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
=8
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 shí
=8 euphemistic variant of
=8
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=8
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
=9 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=9 nuò
  1. (obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
  2. to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
10 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
11 火車 huǒchē train

classifiers: , , ,

=12 底下 xia
  1. the location below sth
  2. afterwards
=12 底下 xià
  1. afterwards; later
  2. below; underneath
  3. mean; base; despicable; depraved
13 要好 yàohǎo
  1. to be on good terms
  2. to be close friends
  3. striving for self-improvement