第十一頁的地圖看起來十分奇怪。可是,把它上下倒轉來看的話,就會變回你所熟悉的地圖了。

The map on page 11 looks very strange. Turn it upside down. Then it becomes a familiar map to you.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 第十 dì-shí
  1. tenth
  2. tenthly
2
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=3 xié head
=3
  1. page
  2. leaf
=4 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 跑堂儿的 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 地圖 map

classifiers: ,

=6 看起來 kànlai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
=6 看起來 kànqilai
  1. to look and perceive
  2. to seem; to look as if
7 十分 shífēn
  1. very
  2. completely
  3. utterly
  4. extremely
  5. absolutely
  6. hundred percent
  7. to divide into ten equal parts
8 奇怪 guài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled
9 可是 shì
  1. but; however
  2. (used for emphasis) indeed
=10
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=10 handle
=10
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=11 it
=11 it (pronoun for an animal)
=11 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=11 only used in 它它
12 上下 shàngxià
  1. the top and bottom of sth
  2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  3. to go up and down
  4. before and after (as in 上下文 shàngxiàwén "context")
  5. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  6. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 shàngxià "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  7. all members of a group (as in 举国上下 guóshàngxià "the entire nation")
  8. relative superiority (as in 不相上下 xiāngshàngxià "evenly matched")
=13 倒轉 dàozhuǎn to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
=13 倒轉 dàozhuàn
  1. (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse
  2. Taiwan pr. dàozhuǎn
14 來看 láikàn to view it from the angle of ...; considering the ...; in terms of
15 的話 dehuà if (coming after a conditional clause)
16 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=17 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=17 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=17 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
18 變回 biànhuí
  1. to revert
  2. to change back into
=19 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=19 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
20 suǒ
  1. actually
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

classifier:

21 熟悉 shú to be familiar with; to know well
=22 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 跑堂儿的 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
=22 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=22 really and truly
=22 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
23 地圖 map

classifiers: ,

=24 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=24 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=24 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=24 liào unofficial variant of liào