我父母整天都在為雞毛蒜皮的事情吵架,真是煩死人了!

My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 父母 father and mother; parents
3 整天 zhěngtiān
  1. all day long
  2. whole day
=4 surname Du
=4 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=4
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
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 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=6 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
7 雞毛蒜皮 máosuàn
  1. lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
  2. fig. trivial (matter)
=8 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 跑堂兒的 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 事情 shìqing affair; matter; thing; business

classifiers: ,

10 吵架 chǎojià
  1. to quarrel
  2. to have a row
  3. quarrel

classifier:

=11 真是 zhēnshi
  1. indeed; truly
  2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
=11 真是 zhēnshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (zhēn), (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
12 fán
  1. to feel vexed
  2. to bother
  3. to trouble
  4. superfluous and confusing
  5. edgy
13 死人 rén
  1. dead person
  2. (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen
=14 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=14 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)
=14 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=14 liào unofficial variant of liào