動物需要食物和飲料,而植物則需要雨水和陽光。

As food and drink is to animals, so are rain and sunshine to plants.

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Sentence Composition

1 動物 dòng animal

classifiers: , ,

2 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
3 食物 shí food
=4 old variant of
=4 surname He
=4
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=4
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=4 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=4 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=4 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=4 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=4 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
5 飲料 yǐnliào
  1. drink
  2. beverage
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 植物 zhí
  1. plant
  2. vegetation

classifier:

8
  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items
9 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=10 雨水 shuǐ Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 19th February-5th March
=10 雨水 shuǐ rainwater; rainfall; rain
=11 old variant of
=11 surname He
=11
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=11
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=11 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=11 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=11 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=11 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=11 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
12 陽光 yángguāng
  1. sunshine
  2. (of personality) upbeat; energetic
  3. transparent (open to public scrutiny)