它花了我三天时间去阅读这本书。

It took me three days to read through this book.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 it
=1 it (pronoun for an animal)
=1 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=1 only used in 它它
=2 Huā surname Hua
=2 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: , , , , ,

=2 huā old variant of huā
=2 huā
  1. variant of huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=5 Sān surname San
=5 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
6 天时 tiānshí
  1. the time
  2. the right time
  3. weather conditions
  4. destiny
  5. course of time
  6. heaven's natural order
=7 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=7 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
8
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
9 阅读 yuè
  1. to read
  2. reading
=10 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=10 zhèi (coll.) this
11 本书 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book