胆小鬼在真正断气之前已经死过很多次。

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ coward
2 在 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)
3 真正 zhēnzhèng
  1. genuine; real; true
  2. really; indeed
4 断气 duànqì
  1. to stop breathing
  2. to breathe one's last
  3. to die
  4. to cut the gas supply
5 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
=6 已经 yǐjīng already
=6 已经 yǐjìng already
7 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
=8 过 Guō surname Guo
=8 过 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=8 过 guo (experienced action marker)
9 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
10 次 cì
  1. next in sequence
  2. second
  3. the second (day, time etc)
  4. secondary
  5. vice-
  6. sub-
  7. infra-
  8. inferior quality
  9. substandard
  10. order
  11. sequence
  12. hypo- (chemistry)
  13. classifier for enumerated events: time