欧洲是一个比我以为的还要危险的地方。

Europe is more dangerous than I thought.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 欧洲 Ōuzhōu Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲 Ōuluó Zhōu)
=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
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 shí
=4 euphemistic variant of
=4
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
5
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
6 以为 wéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 Huán surname Huan
=8 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=8 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
=9 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=9 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=9 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
10 危险 wēixiǎn
  1. danger
  2. dangerous
=11 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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=12 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=12 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

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