以前,想到城市,人们就会想到拥挤的街道、紧缺的车位、拥挤的交通、排得老长的队伍以及噪音和烟雾。

Before now, when you thought of a city, you thought of crowded streets, parking problems, traffic jams, queues, noise and fumes.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
2 想到 xiǎngdào
  1. to think of
  2. to call to mind
  3. to anticipate
3 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier:

4 人们 rénmen people
5 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=6 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=6 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
7 想到 xiǎngdào
  1. to think of
  2. to call to mind
  3. to anticipate
8 拥挤 yōng
  1. crowded
  2. to throng
  3. congestion
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 街道 jiēdào
  1. street
  2. subdistrict
  3. residential district

classifier:

11 紧缺 jǐnquē
  1. in short supply
  2. scarce
=12 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 车位 chēwèi
  1. parking spot
  2. unloading point
  3. garage place
  4. stand for taxi
14 拥挤 yōng
  1. crowded
  2. to throng
  3. congestion
=15 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
=15 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=15 really and truly
=15 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
16 交通 jiāotōng
  1. to be connected
  2. traffic
  3. transportation
  4. communications
  5. liaison
17 pái
  1. a row
  2. a line
  3. to set in order
  4. to arrange
  5. to line up
  6. to eliminate
  7. to drain
  8. to push open
  9. platoon
  10. raft
  11. classifier for lines, rows etc
=18
  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
=18 used in 得瑟 se
=18 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=18 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
19 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=20 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=20 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=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 队伍 duì
  1. ranks
  2. troops
  3. queue
  4. line
  5. procession

classifiers: , ,

23 以及 and; as well as
24 噪音 zàoyīn
  1. rumble
  2. noise
  3. static (in a signal)
=25 old variant of
=25 surname He
=25
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=25
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=25 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=25 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=25 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=25 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=25 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
26 烟雾 yān
  1. smoke
  2. mist
  3. vapor
  4. smog
  5. fumes