这两个男人是生意上的合作伙伴。

The two men were business partners.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
2 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty jīn (old)
=3 used in 自个儿 r
=3
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=3 variant of
=4 男人 nánrén
  1. a man
  2. a male
  3. men

classifier:

=4 男人 nánren
  1. (colloquial) husband
  2. husband
=5 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)
=5 shì variant of shì
=6 生意 shēng
  1. life force
  2. vitality
=6 生意 shēngyi business

classifier:

=7 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=7 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=8 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
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 合作伙伴 zuòhuǒbàn cooperative partner