我们日本人以米饭为主食。

We Japanese live on rice.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 日本人 Rìběnrén Japanese person or people
=2 日本人 rìběnrén Japanese person
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=3 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
4 米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
5 为主 wéizhǔ
  1. to rely mainly on
  2. to attach most importance to
=6 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
=6 食 sì to feed (a person or animal)