最近我参加了一个中国朋友的婚礼,新郎和新娘是大学同学,都是中文系毕业的,他们已经恋爱五年了。

Recently I attended the wedding of a Chinese friend. The bride and groom had been classmates at university, and both graduated from the Chinese faculty. They've already been together for five years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 最近 zuìjìn
  1. recently
  2. soon
  3. nearest
2
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 参加 cānjiā
  1. to participate
  2. to take part
  3. to join
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 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)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5 一个中国 Zhōngguó the one-China policy (a position that there is only one legitimate state that can call itself China)
=6 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: ,

=6 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers
=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 婚礼 hūn
  1. wedding ceremony
  2. wedding

classifier:

9 新郎 xīnláng bridegroom; groom
=10 old variant of
=10 surname He
=10
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=10
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=10 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=10 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=10 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=10 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=10 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
11 新娘 xīnniáng bride
=12 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)
=12 shì variant of shì
=13 大学 xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 shū in Confucianism
=13 大学 xué
  1. university
  2. college

classifier:

14 同学 tóngxué
  1. to study at the same school
  2. fellow student
  3. classmate

classifiers: ,

=15 surname Du
=15 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=15
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=16 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)
=16 shì variant of shì
17 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese language
=18
  1. to connect
  2. to relate to
  3. to tie up
  4. to bind
  5. to be (literary)
=18
  1. system
  2. department
  3. faculty
=18
  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up
=18
  1. to connect
  2. to arrest
  3. to worry
19 毕业
  1. graduation
  2. to graduate
  3. to finish school
=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 他们 men they; them
=22 已经 jīng already
=22 已经 jìng already
=23 恋爱 liànài
  1. (romantic) love
  2. in love
  3. to have an affair

classifiers: ,

=23 恋爱 liàn'ài
  1. romantic love; love affair
  2. to love; to be in love; to date
24
  1. five
  2. 5
=25 Nián surname Nian
=25 nián year

classifier:

=25 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=26 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=26 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)
=26 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=26 liào unofficial variant of liào