这两个男孩,一个14岁、一个16岁,都穿着军队制服,衣袖上佩戴着镶金色蕾丝边的中士袖章。

The two boys, aged respectively fourteen and sixteen, were dressed in the army uniform, and wore gold-lace sergeant's chevrons upon their sleeves.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 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)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
2 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=3 used in 自个儿 r
=3
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=3 variant of
4 男孩 nánhái boy

classifier:

=5 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=5 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=6 suì
  1. variant of suì, year
  2. years old
=6 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=7 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=7 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=8 suì
  1. variant of suì, year
  2. years old
=8 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=9 surname Du
=9 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=9
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
10 穿着 chuānzhuó attire; clothes; dress
11 军队 jūnduì armed forces; troops

classifiers: ,

12 制服 zhì
  1. to subdue
  2. to check
  3. to bring under control
  4. (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
  5. uniform (army, party, school etc)
  6. livery (for company employees)

classifier:

13 衣袖 xiù the sleeve of a garment
=14 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=14 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
15 佩戴 pèidài to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
=16 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=16 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=16 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=16 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
17 镶金 xiāngjīn
  1. gilded
  2. inlaid with gold
=18
  1. color
  2. look
  3. appearance
  4. sex

classifier:

=18 shǎi
  1. (coll.) color
  2. used in 色子 shǎizi
19 蕾丝边 lěibiān (slang) (loanword) lesbian
=20 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=20 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=20 really and truly
=20 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
21 中士 zhōngshì
  1. (military) petty officer second class of the navy
  2. (military) sergeant of the army or air force
  3. petty officer second class of the navy
  4. sergeant of the army or air force
22 袖章 xiùzhāng armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)