我以一分之差错过了那趟火车。

I missed the train by a hair's breadth.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 old variant of
=2 old variant of
=2 abbr. for Israel 以色列 liè
=2
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
3 一分 fēn a few
4 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
5 差错 chācuò
  1. mistake; slip-up; fault; error
  2. accident; mishap
=6 Guō surname Guo
=6 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-
=6 guo (experienced action marker)
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 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)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào
=8 surname Na
=8 Nuó surname Nuo
=8 variant of
=8
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=8 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
=9 tāng old variant of tāng
=9 tāng
  1. to wade
  2. to trample
  3. to turn the soil
=9 tàng
  1. classifier for times, round trips or rows
  2. a time
  3. a trip
=9 zhēng
  1. (ideophonic) jumping; leaping
  2. jumping; leaping
  3. used in 䞴趟 (“jumping; leaping”)
=9 zhèng only used in 䞴趟 (“walking; tottering; staggering”)
=9 chéng only used in 䞴趟 (“escaping in fear”)
10 火车 huǒchē train

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