這是三十年代以來最乾旱的六月。

This has been the driest six months in thirty years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 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)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
=2 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 shì variant of shì
3 三十 sānshí
  1. thirty
  2. 30
4 年代 niándài
  1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. age
  3. era
  4. period

classifier:

5 以來 lái since (a previous event)
=6 zuì variant of zuì
=6 zuì old variant of zuì
=6 zuì
  1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
  2. (after zhī) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 shìjièzhīzuì "the greatest in the world")
7 乾旱 gānhàn
  1. drought
  2. arid
  3. dry
=8 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 跑堂兒的 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 六月 Liùyuè
  1. June
  2. sixth month (of the lunar year)
=9 六月 liùyuè
  1. June
  2. sixth month of the Chinese calendar