他翹著二郎腿坐在那裡。

He sat there with his legs crossed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 翹 qiáo
  1. outstanding
  2. to raise
=2 翹 qiào
  1. to stick up
  2. to rise on one end
  3. to tilt
=3 著 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=3 著 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=3 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=3 著 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=3 著 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
4 二郎腿 èrlángtuǐ one leg over the other (legs crossed)
=5 坐 Zuò surname Zuo
=5 坐 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of 座 zuò
6 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)
7 那裡 nàli there; that place