我第一次見他是三年前的事了。

I first met him three years ago.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 第一次 the first time; for the first time
=2 第一次 dì-
  1. (euphemistic) first sexual experience
  2. (literally) first time
  3. first sexual experience
  4. first time
=3 jiàn
  1. to see
  2. to meet
  3. to appear (to be sth)
  4. to interview
  5. opinion
  6. view
=3 xiàn
  1. to appear
  2. also written xiàn
4
  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 and 他人 rén)
=5 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)
=5 shì variant of shì
=6 Sān surname San
=6 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
7 年前 niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
=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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=9 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=9
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)
=10 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=10 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 liào unofficial variant of liào