鮑伯對他的朋友說:「小鳥死了。」

Bob said to his friend: "The bird is dead."

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Sentence Composition

=1 Bào surname Bao
=1 bào abalone
=2 variant of
=2 bǎi one hundred (old)
=2
  1. father's elder brother
  2. senior
  3. paternal elder uncle
  4. eldest of brothers
  5. respectful form of address
  6. Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 děngjuéwèi
3 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
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 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=6 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
=7 shuì to persuade
=7 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=7 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=7 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
8 小鳥 xiǎoniǎo
  1. small bird
  2. young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick)
  3. (fig.) penis (kiddie term)
  4. (golf) birdie
9 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)