一個外國語言無法在一年左右就被掌握。

A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
2 外國語 wàiguó foreign language
3 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
4 無法 unable to; incapable of
5 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)
6
  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
=7 Nián surname Nian
=7 nián year

classifier:

=7 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
8 左右 zuǒyòu
  1. left and right
  2. nearby
  3. approximately
  4. attendant
  5. to control
  6. to influence
9 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=10 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=10
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=10
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=10 alternative form of
11 掌握 zhǎng
  1. to grasp (often fig.)
  2. to control
  3. to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
  4. to master
  5. to know well
  6. to understand sth well and know how to use it
  7. fluency