他們說法語說得不太好。

They didn't speak French very well.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
=2 說法 shuōfǎ to expound Buddhist teachings
=2 說法 shuōfa
  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation
=3 語 yǔ
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech
=3 語 yù (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
=4 說 shuì to persuade
=4 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=4 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
=5 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=5 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=5 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=5 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
6 不太好 bùtàihǎo
  1. not so good
  2. not too well