月食是一種罕見的現象。

An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 月食 yuèshí
  1. lunar eclipse
  2. eclipse of the moon
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 一種 yīzhǒng one kind of; one type of
4 罕見 hǎnjiàn
  1. rare
  2. rarely seen
=5 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 跑堂兒的 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
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 現象 xiànxiàng
  1. phenomenon
  2. appearance

classifiers: 個, 種