梭羅垂涎於這種植物強壯的紫色莖稈,將其製成藤條,而知更鳥則以深紅色汁液的漿果為食。

Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.

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Sentence Composition

1 梭羅 Suōluó
  1. (~) Surakarta (a city in Central Java, Indonesia)
  2. Surakarta (a city in Central Java, Indonesia)
2 垂涎 chuíxián
  1. to drool; to salivate
  2. (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
=3
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=3
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr.
=3
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
4 這種 zhèzhǒng this kind of
5 植物 zhí
  1. plant
  2. vegetation

classifier:

6 強壯 qiángzhuàng
  1. strong
  2. sturdy
  3. robust
=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 紫色
  1. purple
  2. violet (color)
9 莖稈 jīnggǎn
  1. (botany) stalk
  2. stalk
=10 jiāng
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to use
  4. to take
  5. to checkmate
  6. just a short while ago
  7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
=10 jiàng
  1. (bound form) a general
  2. (literary) to command; to lead
  3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
=10 qiāng
  1. to desire
  2. to invite
  3. to request
=11
  1. his
  2. her
  3. its
  4. their
  5. that
  6. such
  7. it (refers to sth preceding it)
=11
  1. (obsolete) Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  2. (obsolete) Used in personal names.
  3. Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  4. Used in personal names.
=11
  1. (archaic) only used in 彼其
  2. only used in 彼其
12 製成 zhìchéng
  1. to manufacture
  2. to turn out (a product)
13 藤條 téngtiáo rattan
14 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)
15 知更鳥 zhīgēngniǎo
  1. redbreast
  2. robin
16
  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
=17 old variant of
=17 old variant of
=17 abbr. for Israel 以色列 liè
=17
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
18 深紅色 shēnhóng
  1. deep red
  2. crimson
  3. scarlet
19 汁液 zhī juice
=20 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
=20 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=20 really and truly
=20 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
21 漿果 jiāngguǒ berry
=22 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=22 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=23 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
=23 to feed (a person or animal)