瑪麗要求她的兒子守規矩。

Mary asked her son to behave himself.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 瑪麗 Mǎlì
  1. Mary or Marie (name)
  2. Mali
2 要求 yāoqiú
  1. to request
  2. to require
  3. requirement
  4. to stake a claim
  5. to ask
  6. to demand

classifier: 點
3 她 tā she
=4 的 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 pígéde "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. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 兒子 érzi son
=5 兒子 érzǐ
  1. Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.
  2. baby; infant; newborn
  3. child
6 守規矩 shǒuguīju to behave oneself; to abide by the rules