昨天一个很多年没联系的朋友突然打电话给我,问我借钱。

Yesterday a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in years gave me a call out of the blue asking to borrow money.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
=2 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=2 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
3 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=4 Nián surname Nian
=4 nián year

classifier:

=4 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=5 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=5
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
=6 联系 lián variant of 联系 lián
=6 联系 lián
  1. connection
  2. contact
  3. relation
  4. to get in touch with
  5. to integrate
  6. to link
  7. to touch
=7 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=8 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
9 突然 rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
10 打电话 diànhuà to make a telephone call
=11 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=11
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
12
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
13 wèn to ask; to inquire
14
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
15 借钱 jièqián to borrow money; to lend money