珍的男朋友一口氣把整個巧克力蛋糕吃得一乾二淨,把珍看得目瞪口呆。

Jane could not believe it when her date polished off an entire chocolate cake.

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Sentence Composition

=1 zhēn
  1. precious thing
  2. treasure
  3. culinary delicacy
  4. rare
  5. valuable
  6. to value highly
=1 zhēn variant of zhēn
=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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 男朋友 nánpéngyou boyfriend
4 一口氣 kǒu
  1. one breath
  2. in one breath
  3. at a stretch
=5
  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})
=5 handle
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
6 整個 zhěng
  1. whole
  2. entire
  3. total
7 巧克力蛋糕 qiǎodàngāo chocolate cake
=8 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=8 chī variant of chī
=9
  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
=9 used in 得瑟 se
=9 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=9 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
=10 一乾二淨 gānèrjìng
  1. thoroughly (idiom)
  2. completely
  3. one and all
  4. very clean
=10 一乾二淨 gān'èrjìng
  1. thoroughly; completely
  2. very clean
=11
  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})
=11 handle
=11
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
=12 zhēn
  1. precious thing
  2. treasure
  3. culinary delicacy
  4. rare
  5. valuable
  6. to value highly
=12 zhēn variant of zhēn
=13 kān
  1. to look after
  2. to take care of
  3. to watch
  4. to guard
=13 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
=14
  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
=14 used in 得瑟 se
=14 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=14 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
15 目瞪口呆 dèngkǒudāi (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned