贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。

Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.

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Sentence Composition

1 贵族 guì
  1. lord
  2. nobility
  3. nobleman
  4. noblewoman
  5. aristocrat
  6. aristocracy
2 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
3 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)
=4 故宫 gōng
  1. the Forbidden City
  2. abbr. for 故宮博物院 gōng yuàn
=4 故宫 gōng former imperial palace
=5 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 跑堂兒的 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
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 东边 dōngbian
  1. east
  2. east side
  3. eastern part
  4. to the east of
=6 东边 dōngbiān east; in the east
=7 old variant of
=7 surname He
=7
  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
=7
  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
=7 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=7 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=7 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=7 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=7 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
8 西边 biān
  1. west
  2. west side
  3. western part
  4. to the west of