在以前的人的眼中,在車站、餐廳、醫院的等候室裏抽煙並沒有甚麼問題。

At one time, people would not have hesitated to light up a cigarette in stations, restaurants, or hospital waiting rooms.

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Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
=3 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

=5 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 眼中 yǎnzhōng in (sb's) eyes
7 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
8 車站 chēzhàn
  1. rail station
  2. bus stop

classifiers: ,

9 餐廳 cāntīng
  1. dining hall
  2. dining room
  3. restaurant

classifiers: ,

10 醫院 yuàn hospital

classifiers: , ,

=11 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 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 等候 děnghòu
  1. to wait
  2. to wait for
=13 Shì surname Shi
=13 shì
  1. room
  2. work unit
  3. grave
  4. scabbard
  5. family or clan
  6. one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
14 variant of
15 抽煙 chōuyān variant of 抽烟 chōuyān
=16 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=16 bàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
  2. alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
17 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
=18 shén variant of shén
=18 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=19 exclamatory final particle
=19 ma interrogative final particle
=19 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=19
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
20 問題 wèn
  1. question
  2. problem
  3. issue
  4. topic

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