寶石師傅在胸針上鑲了一枚大珍珠。

The jeweler mounted a big pearl in the brooch.

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Sentence Composition

1 寶石 bǎoshí precious stone; gem

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2 師傅 shīfu
  1. master
  2. qualified worker
  3. respectful form of address for older men

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3 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)
4 胸針 xiōngzhēn brooch
=5 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=5 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
6 xiāng
  1. to inlay
  2. to embed
  3. ridge
  4. border
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
8
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=9 Méi surname Mei
=9 méi
  1. classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than )
  2. classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc
  3. (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai")
  4. (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
=10
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=10 dài see 大夫 dàifu
11 珍珠 zhēnzhū (fig.) teardrop; tear

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