國王聽信了騙子的話,吩咐裁縫師準備這套服裝,但其實裁縫師也看不見這塊布料。

The king, convinced, told the tailors to prepare the outfit, but he also couldn't see this material.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 國王 guówáng king
2 聽信 tīngxìn
  1. to listen to information
  2. to get the news
  3. to believe what one hears
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
4 騙子 piànzi
  1. swindler
  2. a cheat
5 的話 dehuà if (coming after a conditional clause)
=6 吩咐 fēnfu to tell; to instruct; to command
=6 吩咐 fēn
  1. to give instructions; to advise; to instruct
  2. to order; to command
7 裁縫師 cáiféngshī tailor
8 準備 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
=9 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=9 zhèi (coll.) this
10 套服 tào a suit (of clothes)
11 zhuāng
  1. adornment
  2. to adorn
  3. dress
  4. clothing
  5. costume (of an actor in a play)
  6. to play a role
  7. to pretend
  8. to install
  9. to fix
  10. to wrap (sth in a bag)
  11. to load
  12. to pack
12 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
13 其實 shí actually; in fact; really
14 裁縫師 cáiféngshī tailor
=15 surname Ye
=15
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
16 看不見 kànbujiàn
  1. cannot see
  2. cannot be seen
  3. invisible
=17 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=17 zhèi (coll.) this
18 kuài
  1. lump; chunk; piece
  2. classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
  3. (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
19 布料 liào fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc)