他和藹可親,面帶微笑。他告訴工作人員,他正在拜訪朋友,他們住在一個受一日遊遊客歡迎的海濱度假勝地。近年來,這裡與同性戀時尚聯繫在一起。

He was affable and smiling, and he told staff he was visiting friends in a seaside resort popular with day-trippers and, in recent years, associated with gay chic.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 和藹可親 ǎiqīn
  1. affable
  2. genial
=2 和藹可親 hé'ǎiqīn affable; approachable
3 面帶 miàndài to wear (on one's face)
4 微笑 wēixiào
  1. smile
  2. to smile

classifiers: ,

5
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=6 告訴 gào to press charges; to file a complaint
=6 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
7 工作人員 gōngzuòrényuán staff member
8
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
9 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
10 拜訪 bàifǎng to pay a visit; to call on
=11 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=11 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
12 他們 men they; them
13 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
14 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)
=15 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=15 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
16 shòu
  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to suffer
  4. subjected to
  5. to bear
  6. to stand
  7. pleasant
  8. (passive marker)
  9. (LGBT) bottom
17 一日
  1. (literary or dialectal) one day
  2. (literary) another day in the future
  3. (literary) yesterday
  4. another day in the future
  5. one day
  6. yesterday
18 yóu
  1. to walk
  2. to tour
  3. to roam
  4. to travel
19 遊客 yóu
  1. traveler; tourist
  2. (online gaming) guest player
20 歡迎 huānyíng
  1. to welcome
  2. welcome
=21 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
=21 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=21 really and truly
=21 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
22 海濱 hǎibīn
  1. shore
  2. seaside
23 度假 jià
  1. to go on holidays
  2. to spend one's vacation
24 勝地 shèng well-known scenic spot
25 近年來 jìnniánlái for the past few years
26 這裡 zhè here
=27 variant of
=27
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=27 to take part in
28 同性戀 tóngxìngliàn
  1. homosexuality
  2. gay person
  3. gay love
29 時尚 shíshàng
  1. fashion
  2. fad
  3. fashionable
30 聯繫 lián
  1. connection
  2. contact
  3. relation
  4. to get in touch with
  5. to integrate
  6. to link
  7. to touch
31 在一起 zài together