湯姆逐漸了解到,用又大又薄的鏟子翻煎餅或馬鈴薯餅效果最好。

Tom has come to know that a large, thin spatula works best for turning over pancakes or latkes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 逐漸 zhújiàn gradually
=3 了解 liǎojiě
  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out
=3 了解 liǎojiě
  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out
4 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
5 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
6 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=7
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=7 dài see 大夫 dàifu
8 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
=9 surname Bo
=9 báo
  1. thin
  2. cold in manner
  3. indifferent
  4. weak
  5. light
  6. infertile
=9
  1. meager
  2. slight
  3. weak
  4. ungenerous or unkind
  5. frivolous
  6. to despise
  7. to belittle
  8. to look down on
  9. to approach or near
=9 see 薄荷 he
=9
  1. (historical dictionaries only) only used in 蓾薄
  2. only used in 蓾薄
=10 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 鏟子 chǎnzi shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)

classifier:

=12 fān
  1. to turn over
  2. to flip over
  3. to overturn
  4. to rummage through
  5. to translate
  6. to decode
  7. to double
  8. to climb over or into
  9. to cross
=12 fān variant of fān
13 煎餅 jiānbǐng
  1. jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe
  2. pancake

classifier:

=14 huò
  1. maybe
  2. perhaps
  3. might
  4. possibly
  5. or
=14
  1. Original form of (guó, “country”).
  2. Original form of (yù, “range; territory”).
15 馬鈴薯 língshǔ potato
16 bǐng
  1. round flat cake
  2. cookie
  3. cake
  4. pastry

classifier:

17 效果 xiàoguǒ
  1. result
  2. effect
  3. efficacy
  4. (theater) sound or visual effects
18 最好 zuìhǎo
  1. best
  2. had better ...; it would be best to ...