她曾经夸口说一个月之内要减掉5公斤赘肉。

She once proudly stated that she was going to lose 5 kilos of fat in a single month.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 曾经 céngjīng
  1. once
  2. already
  3. former
  4. previously
  5. ever
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
3 夸口 kuākǒu to boast
=4 说 shuì to persuade
=4 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 说 shuō variant of 說 shuō
=5 一个 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
6 月 yuè
  1. moon
  2. month
  3. monthly

classifiers: 個, 輪
7 之内 zhīnèi inside; within
=8 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=8 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=8 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
9 减掉 jiǎndiào
  1. to subtract
  2. to lose (weight)
10 公斤 gōngjīn kilogram (kg)
11 赘肉 zhuìròu excess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge