我們胡鬧太久了, 現在該是我們考慮基本事實的時候了。

We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 胡鬧 nào
  1. to act willfully and make a scene
  2. to make trouble
=3 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=3
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
4 jiǔ (of a period of time) long
=5 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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)
=5 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 liào unofficial variant of liào
6 現在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
7 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
=8 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=8 shì variant of shì
9 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
10 考慮 kǎo
  1. to think over
  2. to consider
  3. consideration
11 基本 běn
  1. basic
  2. fundamental
  3. main
  4. elementary
12 事實 shìshí fact

classifier:

=13 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
=13 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=13 really and truly
=13 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
14 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=15 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=15 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)
=15 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=15 liào unofficial variant of liào