我們要讀很多書。

We have to do a great deal of reading.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 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
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=3 讀 dòu
  1. comma
  2. phrase marked by pause
=3 讀 dú
  1. to read out; to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
  4. to pronounce
4 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=5 書 Shū abbr. for 書經 Shūjīng
=5 書 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部