在人群中,我们失去了那个男人的踪影。

We lost sight of the man in the crowd.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 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)
2 人群 rénqún crowd
=3 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=3 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=3 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
4 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
5 失去 shī to lose
=6 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=6 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 liào unofficial variant of liào
7 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
=8 男人 nánrén
  1. a man
  2. a male
  3. men

classifier:

=8 男人 nánren
  1. (colloquial) husband
  2. husband
=9 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 踪影 zōngyǐng
  1. trace
  2. vestige
  3. presence