我本该在买下这个电动剃须刀之前试一下的。

I should have tried out this electric shaver before buying it.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 本该 běngāi should have … from the beginning
3 在 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)
4 买下 mǎixià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
5 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
6 电动 diàndòng
  1. electric-powered
  2. (Tw) video game
7 剃须刀 tìxūdāo
  1. shaver
  2. razor
8 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
9 试 shì
  1. to test
  2. to try
  3. experiment
  4. examination
  5. test
10 一下 yīxià
  1. (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)
  2. all at once; suddenly
=11 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
=11 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=11 的 dí really and truly
=11 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target