价钱是10年前的2倍。

Prices are double what they were ten years ago.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 价钱 jiàqian price
=1 价钱 jiàqián price (amount of money needed to pay for something) (Classifier: 個／个)
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 年前 niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
=4 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
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 倍 bèi
  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply
=5 倍 péi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 陪 (péi).
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 賠 /赔 (péi)
  3. Original form of 陪 (péi).
  4. alternative form of 賠 /赔 (péi)