海水看起來一片碧綠，巨大的冰山漂浮在周圍。

The sea looked quite green, and large icebergs were floating about.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 海水 hǎishuǐ seawater
=2 看起來 kànqǐlai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
=2 看起來 kànqilai
  1. to look and perceive
  2. to seem; to look as if
3 一片 yīpiàn
  1. (one) piece, slice; one film
  2. piece, slice; one film
4 碧綠 bìlǜ dark green
5 巨大 jùdà huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
=6 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 冰山 bīngshān
  1. iceberg
  2. ice-covered mountain
  3. (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long

classifier: 座
8 漂浮 piāofú
  1. to float
  2. to hover
  3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
  4. to rove
  5. showy
  6. superficial
9 在 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)
10 周圍 zhōuwéi environs; surroundings; periphery