她出生的那个时代奴隶制度刚刚结束;那时路上没有汽车,天上也没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票,首先她是女性,其次她是黑人。

She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 she
2 出生 chūshēng to be born
=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 那个 ge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
=5 时代 Shídài Time, US weekly news magazine
=5 时代 shídài
  1. age
  2. era
  3. epoch
  4. period (in one's life)

classifier:

6 奴隶制度 zhì slavery
=7 刚刚 gānggang
  1. just recently
  2. just a moment ago
=7 刚刚 gānggāng
  1. barely
  2. just; just now; a moment ago
8 结束 jiéshù
  1. termination
  2. to finish
  3. to end
  4. to conclude
  5. to close
9 那时 shí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. in those days
=10 路上 shang
  1. on the road
  2. on the way; en route
=10 路上 shàng
  1. on the road
  2. on the way; en route
11 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
12 汽车 chē
  1. car
  2. automobile
  3. bus

classifier:

13 天上 tiānshàng the sky; the heavens
=14 surname Ye
=14
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
15 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
16 飞机 fēi airplane

classifier:

=17 当时 dāngshí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. while
=17 当时 dàngshí
  1. at once
  2. right away
18 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
19 she
20 这样 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
=21 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
=21 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=21 really and truly
=21 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
22 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

23 由于 yóu
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
24 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)
=25 used in 自个儿 r
=25
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=25 variant of
26 原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier:

27 不能 néng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
28 投票 tóupiào
  1. to vote
  2. vote
29 首先 shǒuxiān
  1. first (of all)
  2. in the first place
30 she
=31 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)
=31 shì variant of shì
32 女性 xìng
  1. woman
  2. the female sex
33 其次
  1. next
  2. secondly
34 she
=35 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)
=35 shì variant of shì
36 黑人 hēirén
  1. black person
  2. an illegal