我们是时候买新的微波炉了。

It is about time we bought a new microwave oven.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 是时 shìshí
  1. (literary) at this time; at that time; at this point in time
  2. at this time; at that time; at this point in time
3 hòu
  1. to wait
  2. to inquire after
  3. to watch
  4. season
  5. climate
  6. (old) period of five days
4 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=5 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiā
  3. surname Xin
=5 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=6 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
=6 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=6 really and truly
=6 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 微波炉 wēi microwave oven

classifier:

=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào