籠子裡的蟋蟀吃得跟野生的蟋蟀一樣多。

A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 籠子 lóngzi cage; basket; container
=1 籠子 lǒngzi large box; trunk; chest
2 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
=3 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 蟋蟀 xīshuài cricket (insect)
=5 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=5 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=6 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
=6 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=6 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=6 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
7 跟 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
8 野生 yěshēng
  1. wild
  2. undomesticated
=9 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=9 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=9 的 dí really and truly
=9 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 蟋蟀 xīshuài cricket (insect)
11 一樣 yīyàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
12 多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-