可憐的人民任憑殘暴的獨裁者處置。

The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 可憐 kělián
  1. pitiful
  2. pathetic
  3. to have pity on
=2 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=2 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=2 的 dí really and truly
=2 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 人民 rénmín the people

classifier: 個
4 任憑 rènpíng
  1. no matter what
  2. despite
  3. to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
5 殘暴 cánbào brutal; vicious; ruthless
=6 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 獨裁者 dúcáizhě
  1. dictator
  2. autocrat
8 處置 chǔzhì
  1. to handle
  2. to take care of
  3. to punish