科學家們可以很容易地計算出行星之間的距離。

Scientists can easily compute the distance between planets.

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Sentence Composition

1 科學家 xuéjiā scientist

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2 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
3 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
4 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
5 容易 róng
  1. easy; straightforward
  2. likely; liable to; apt to
=6 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=6
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

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7 計算 suàn
  1. to calculate; to compute
  2. to consider; to think over
  3. to plot; to scheme
8 出行 chūxíng
  1. to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
  2. to set off on a journey (longer trip)
9 xīng
  1. star
  2. heavenly body
  3. satellite
  4. small amount
10 之間 zhījiān
  1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間 tánzhǐzhījiān)
=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 距離
  1. distance
  2. to be apart from

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