一個完美的地圖必須要像它所代表的領土一樣大。

A perfect map would have to be as big as the territory it represents.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
2 完美 wánměi perfect
=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 地圖 map

classifiers: ,

5 必須
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
=6 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=6 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
=6 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
7 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
=8 it
=8 it (pronoun for an animal)
=8 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=8 only used in 它它
9 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:

10 代表 dàibiǎo
  1. representative
  2. delegate
  3. to represent
  4. to stand for
  5. on behalf of
  6. in the name of

classifiers: , ,

=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
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 領土 lǐng territory
13 一樣 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
=14
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=14 dài see 大夫 dàifu