那个老人，这么说吧，是一本活字典。

That old man, let's just say, is a living dictionary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那个 nàge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
2 老人 lǎorén
  1. old man or woman
  2. the elderly
  3. one's aged parents or grandparents
=3 这么 zhème
  1. so much
  2. this much
  3. how much?
  4. this way
  5. like this
=3 这么 zhème variant of 这么 zhème
=4 说 shuì to persuade
=4 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 说 shuō variant of 说 shuō
=5 吧 bā
  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 贴吧 tiēbā
=5 吧 ba
  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.
=5 吧 biā (onom.) smack!
=5 吧 pā only used in 吧呀
=6 是 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)
=6 是 shì variant of 是 shì
7 一本 yīběn
  1. (Mainland China, education) the first tier of universities
  2. (judo) ippon
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 一, 本 (běn).
  4. another version (terminology in collation)
  5. entirely based on
  6. having the same origin
  7. ippon
  8. the first tier of universities
8 活字典 huózìdiǎn
  1. walking dictionary
  2. well-informed person