我一個人把兩個小孩扶養長大。

I brought up two kids all on my own.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 一個人 yīgèrén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)
=3 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=3 把 bà handle
=3 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=4 兩 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 斤 jīn (old)
=4 兩 liàng Original form of 輛／辆 (liàng).
=5 個 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=5 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
6 小孩 xiǎohái child

classifier: 個
7 扶養 fúyǎng
  1. to foster
  2. to bring up
  3. to raise
8 長大 zhǎngdà to grow up