今年,爱丁堡城市为了改变它的水边地并给它增加中的人口供应一种新型的住宅区而开始十五年的重建工作。

This year, Edinburgh began work on its fifteen-year regeneration project to transform its waterfront and provide its growing population with a new kind of living area.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 今年 jīnnián this year
2 爱丁堡 Àidīngbǎo Edinburgh, capital of Scotland
3 城市 chéngshì city; town

classifier:

4 为了 wèile for; for the purpose of; in order to
5 改变 gǎibiàn
  1. to change
  2. to alter
  3. to transform
=6 it
=6 it (pronoun for an animal)
=6 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=6 only used in 它它
=7 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 跑堂兒的 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 水边 shuǐbiān
  1. edge of the water
  2. waterside
  3. shore (of sea, lake or river)
=9 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=9
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

=10 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=10 bìng
  1. to combine
  2. to amalgamate
=10 Bīng short name for Taiyuan 太原 Tàiyuán
=10 bìng variant of bìng
=11 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=11
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
=12 it
=12 it (pronoun for an animal)
=12 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=12 only used in 它它
13 增加 zēngjiā to raise; to increase
14 中的 zhòng
  1. to hit the target
  2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
15 人口 rénkǒu
  1. population
  2. people
16 供应 gōngyìng to supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
17 一种 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
18 新型 xīnxíng new type; new kind
=19 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 跑堂兒的 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
=19 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=19 really and truly
=19 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
20 住宅区 zhùzhái
  1. residential area
  2. housing development
21 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
22 开始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier:

23 十五 shí
  1. fifteen
  2. 15
=24 Nián surname Nian
=24 nián year

classifier:

=24 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=25 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 跑堂兒的 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
=25 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=25 really and truly
=25 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
26 重建 chóngjiàn
  1. to rebuild
  2. to reestablish
  3. reconstruction
  4. rebuilding
27 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

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