这个国家只剩下少量的长颈鹿。

Only small populations of giraffes remain in this country.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 国家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier: 個
=3 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=3 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=3 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=3 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=3 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=3 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
4 剩下 shèngxià to remain; to be left over
5 少量 shǎoliàng
  1. a smidgen
  2. a little bit
  3. a few
=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 长颈鹿 chángjǐnglù giraffe

classifier: 隻