地球像一块大吸铁石一样。

Earth is like a big magnet.

The earth is like a big magnet.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 地球 dìqiú the earth
=1 地球 Dìqiú
  1. (astronomy) the Earth
  2. the Earth
2 像 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
3 一块 yīkuài
  1. a piece; a chunk
  2. (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這 zhè) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊 qínggǎnzhèyīkuài "the emotional aspect (of it)")
  3. (coll.) one yuan; a dollar
  4. together; in the same place; in company
=4 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=4 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
5 吸铁石 xītiěshí magnet
6 一样 yīyàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like