我們可以用望遠鏡來觀察遠方的事物。

We can see things in the distance using a telescope.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
3 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
4 望遠鏡 wàngyuǎnjìng
  1. binoculars (hand-held device for looking at a distance)
  2. telescope (optical instrument that magnifies)

classifiers: ,

5 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
6 觀察 guānchá to observe; to watch; to survey
7 遠方 yuǎnfāng
  1. far away
  2. a distant location
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 事物 shì thing; object

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