我第一任妻子去世了。

My first wife is dead.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 第一 dìyī
  1. first
  2. most important; primary; foremost
=2 第一 dì-yī
  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
  2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
  3. first; 1st
  4. firstly
  5. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
=3 任 Rén surname Ren
=3 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
=3 任 rén
  1. (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  2. (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  6. an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  7. an ancient woman's rank of nobility
=4 妻子 qīzǐ wife and children
=4 妻子 qīzi wife
5 去世 qùshì
  1. to pass away
  2. to die
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào