麵條下鍋前要先掰成小塊。

Before you put the noodles in the pot, you have to break them up into small pieces.

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Sentence Composition

1 麵條 miàntiáo noodles
2 下鍋 xiàguō to put into the pot (to cook)
3 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=4 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=4 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
=4 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=5 先 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=5 先 xiǎn only used in 先馬／先马
6 掰 bāi
  1. to break off or break open sth with one's hands
  2. (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
=7 成 Chéng
  1. surname Cheng
  2. short name for Chengdu 成都 Chéngdū
=7 成 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
8 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
9 塊 kuài
  1. lump; chunk; piece
  2. classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
  3. (coll.) classifier for money and currency units