蜗牛一直在吃我们的莴苣。

Snails have been eating our lettuces.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 蜗牛 wōniú
  1. snail
  2. Taiwan pr. guāniú
2 一直 yīzhí
  1. straight (in a straight line)
  2. continuously; always; all the way through
3 在 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)
=4 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=4 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
5 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=6 的 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 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 莴苣 wōjù lettuce (Lactuca sativa)