他在一個小村莊裡長大。

He grew up in a little village.

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 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)
=3 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
4 小村 Xiǎocūn
  1. (～鄉) Xiaocun (a township in Xianfeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
  2. Xiaocun (a township in Xianfeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
=5 莊 Zhuāng surname Zhuang
=5 莊 zhuāng
  1. farmstead
  2. village
  3. manor
  4. place of business
  5. banker (in a gambling game)
  6. grave or solemn
  7. holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
6 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
7 長大 zhǎngdà to grow up