池塘的四周以前種滿了大樹。

There used to be big trees around the pond.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 池塘 chítáng
  1. pool
  2. pond
=2 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
=2 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=2 really and truly
=2 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
3 四周 zhōu all around
4 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
=5 zhǒng
  1. seed
  2. species
  3. kind
  4. type
  5. classifier for types, kinds, sorts
=5 zhòng
  1. to plant
  2. to grow
  3. to cultivate
=5 chóng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
  2. a surname
  3. cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
=6 滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group
=6 滿 mǎn
  1. to fill
  2. full
  3. filled
  4. packed
  5. fully
  6. completely
  7. quite
  8. to reach the limit
  9. to satisfy
  10. satisfied
  11. contented
=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 大樹 shù
  1. (~) Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  2. (~) Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  3. Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  4. Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , / (shù): big tree