他张开双臂, 似乎要拥抱这个世界。

He spread his arms as though he wanted to embrace the world.

He spread his arms as though wanting to embrace the world.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 张开 zhāngkāi
  1. to open up
  2. to spread
  3. to extend
3 双臂 shuāngbì
  1. arms
  2. both arms
  3. two arms
4 似乎 sìhū it seems; seemingly; as if
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
6 拥抱 yōngbào
  1. to embrace
  2. to hug
7 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
8 世界 shìjiè world

classifier: 個