眾人皆知月球之本質為芝士。

Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 眾人 zhòngrén everyone
2 皆知 jiēzhī
  1. (literary) everyone knows; as known by all
  2. everyone knows; as known by all
=3 月球 yuèqiú the moon
=3 月球 Yuèqiú
  1. (astronomy) the Moon (referring to the astronomical object)
  2. the Moon (referring to the astronomical object)
4 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 本質 běnzhì
  1. essence
  2. nature
  3. innate character
  4. intrinsic quality
=6 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=6 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
7 芝士 zhīshì (loanword) cheese