一个没有母亲的家是个伤心,伤心的地方。

A home without a mother is a sad, sad place.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=1 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
2 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
3 母亲 qīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. qin

classifier:

=4 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
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiā
=5 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier:

=5 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
=6 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 shì variant of shì
=7 used in 自个儿 r
=7
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=7 variant of
8 伤心 shāngxīn
  1. to grieve
  2. to be broken-hearted
  3. to feel deeply hurt
9 伤心 shāngxīn
  1. to grieve
  2. to be broken-hearted
  3. to feel deeply hurt
=10 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=11 地方 fāng
  1. region
  2. regional (away from the central administration)
  3. local
=11 地方 fang
  1. area
  2. place
  3. space
  4. room
  5. territory

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