自从得到他爸爸去了以来,戴夫就心酸。

Ever since his father died, David has been very sad.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 自从 cóng
  1. since (a time)
  2. ever since
2 得到 dào to get; to obtain; to receive
3
  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)
4 爸爸 ba (coll.) father; dad

classifiers: ,

5
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
7 以来 lái since (a previous event)
=8 Dài surname Dai
=8 dài
  1. to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
  2. to respect
  3. to bear
  4. to support
=9
  1. husband
  2. man
  3. manual worker
  4. conscripted laborer (old)
=9
  1. (classical) this, that
  2. he, she, they
  3. (exclamatory final particle)
  4. (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
10 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
11 心酸 xīnsuān to feel sad