许多年前这里有一座城堡。

There was a castle here many years ago.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 许多 xǔduō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
2 年前 niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
=3 这里 zhèlǐ variant of 这里 zhèlǐ
=3 这里 zhèlǐ here
=4 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=4 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
5 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 座 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
7 城堡 chéngbǎo
  1. castle
  2. rook (chess piece)