所谓的先进国家经常把拉丁美洲人看成石器时代的原始人。

People from the so-called first world look at us Latinos as if we hadn't invented the wheel yet.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 所谓 suǒwèi
  1. what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...
  2. (derog.) so-called
=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 先进国 xiānjìnguó developed nation/country
=4 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiā
=4 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier:

=4 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
5 经常 jīngcháng
  1. frequently; constantly; regularly; often
  2. day-to-day; everyday; daily
=6
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=6 handle
=6
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
7 拉丁美洲 dīng Měizhōu Latin America
8 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

9 看成 kànchéng to regard as
10 石器时代 Shí Shídài Stone Age
=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 原始人 yuánshǐrén primitive man; prehistoric human