不过,我从来没有在一个小气的英国家庭做过客。

However, I've never been a guest in an English household that wasn't generous.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不过 guò
  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 从来没有 cóngláiméiyǒu
  1. there has never been; has never had
  2. (before a verb) has never
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
=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 小气 xiǎo
  1. stingy
  2. miserly
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty
=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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 英国 Yīngguó United Kingdom (UK); Britain
9 家庭 jiātíng
  1. family
  2. household

classifiers: ,

10 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
11 过客 guò
  1. passing traveler
  2. transient guest
  3. sojourner