在二十世紀末期,南斯拉夫被美國認為是一個流氓國家。

In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 二十世紀 èrshíshì 20th century
3 末期
  1. end (of a period)
  2. last part
  3. final phase
4 南斯拉夫 Nán Yugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
=5 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=5
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=5
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=5 alternative form of
6 美國 Měiguó United States; USA; US
7 認為 rènwéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
=8 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=8 shì variant of shì
=9 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=9 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
10 流氓國家 liúmángguójiā rogue state