長遠來說,我們買了這台機器可以省回很多錢。

In the long run, we can save a lot of money by buying this machine.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 長遠 chángyuǎn
  1. long-term
  2. long-range
2 來說 láishuō concerning; about
3 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
4 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
=6 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=6 zhèi (coll.) this
=7 Tái
  1. Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. surname Tai
=7 tāi used in place names
=7 tái
  1. (classical) you (in letters)
  2. variant of tái
=7 tái desk; table; counter
=7 Tái Taiwan (abbr.)
=7 tái
  1. platform
  2. stage
  3. terrace
  4. stand
  5. support
  6. station
  7. broadcasting station
  8. classifier for vehicles or machines
=7 tái typhoon
=7
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  5. I, me
  6. Original form of (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  7. Used in place names.
  8. a surname
  9. historical placename in modern Shandong
  10. used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
  11. used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  12. what
=7 pufferfish; blowfish
8 機器 machine

classifiers: , ,

9 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
=10 shěng
  1. to save; to economize; to be frugal
  2. to omit; to delete; to leave out
  3. province
  4. provincial capital
  5. a ministry (of the Japanese government)
=10 xǐng
  1. (bound form) to scrutinize
  2. (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct)
  3. (bound form) to come to realize
  4. (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
=11 huí
  1. to circle
  2. to go back
  3. to turn around
  4. to answer
  5. to return
  6. to revolve
  7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. time
  9. classifier for acts of a play
  10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
=11 huí
  1. to curve
  2. to return
  3. to revolve
=11 huí variant of huí
12 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=13 Qián surname Qian
=13 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael liǎng

classifier:

=13 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool