很久以後我才明白到教育兒童有多重要。

It was only much later that I came to understand the importance of child education.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
2 久 jiǔ (of a period of time) long
3 以後 yǐhòu
  1. after
  2. later
  3. afterwards
  4. following
  5. later on
  6. in the future
4 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=5 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=5 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
6 明白 míngbai
  1. clear; obvious; unequivocal
  2. sensible; reasonable
  3. to understand; to realize
7 到 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
8 教育 jiàoyù
  1. to educate
  2. to teach
  3. education
9 兒童 értóng child
=10 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=10 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
11 多重 duōchóng multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
=12 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=12 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
=12 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅