一个警察叉着手看着。

A policeman was watching it, with his arms crossed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
2 警察 jǐngchá police; police officer
=3 叉 chā
  1. fork
  2. pitchfork
  3. prong
  4. pick
  5. cross
  6. intersect
  7. "X"
=3 叉 chá
  1. to cross
  2. be stuck
=3 叉 chǎ
  1. to diverge
  2. to open (as legs)
=3 叉 chà
  1. alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”)
  2. alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”)
4 着手 zhuóshǒu
  1. to put one's hand to it
  2. to start out on a task
  3. to set out
=5 看 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=5 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=6 着 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=6 着 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=6 着 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=6 着 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply