我們要建避難所。

We're going to set up shelters.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 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
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 建 jiàn
  1. to establish
  2. to found
  3. to set up
  4. to build
  5. to construct
4 避難所 bìnànsuǒ a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary