你不知道他兩年前死了嗎?

Didn't you know that he passed away two years ago?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=1 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
2 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=3 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=3 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
4
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=5 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=5 liàng Original form of (liàng).
6 年前 niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
7 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)
=8 (coll.) what?
=8 used in 嗎啡 fēi
=8 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)