我们吃是为了活着。

We eat so we can live.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=2 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=3 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)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 为了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
5 活着 huózhe alive