伦敦是一个为马而建立的城市。

London was a city built for the horse.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 伦敦 Lúndūn London, capital of United Kingdom
=2 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 shì variant of shì
=3 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=4 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)
=4 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=4 wéi variant of wéi
=4 wèi variant of wèi
=5
  1. surname Ma
  2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 lái
=5
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

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6 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
7 建立 jiàn
  1. to establish
  2. to set up
  3. to found
=8 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 城市 chéngshì city; town

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