我們登得愈高，空氣就愈稀薄。

The higher we go up, the thinner the air becomes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 登 dēng
  1. to scale (a height)
  2. to ascend
  3. to mount
  4. to publish or record
  5. to enter (e.g. in a register)
  6. to press down with the foot
  7. to step or tread on
  8. to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
  9. to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
=3 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=3 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=3 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=3 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
=4 愈 yù
  1. the more...(the more...)
  2. to recover
  3. to heal
  4. better
=4 愈 yù
  1. variant of 愈 yù
  2. to heal
=5 高 Gāo surname Gao
=5 高 gāo
  1. high
  2. tall
  3. above average
  4. loud
  5. your (honorific)
6 空氣 kōngqì
  1. air
  2. atmosphere
7 就 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by 着 zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=8 愈 yù
  1. the more...(the more...)
  2. to recover
  3. to heal
  4. better
=8 愈 yù
  1. variant of 愈 yù
  2. to heal
9 稀薄 xībó
  1. thin
  2. rarefied